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Nature of Suit Code: 530
Nature of Suit: Prisoner Petitions - Habeas Corpus
Cause of Action: 28:2254 Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus (State)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

FRANK DIXON, 

Petitioner, 

v. 

JAMES YATES, 

Respondent. 

No. 2:10-cv-0631 JAM AC P 

ORDER 

 Currently before the court is petitioner’s application for issuance of subpoenas for his 

evidentiary hearing witnesses. ECF No. 56. Petitioner requests the court issue the subpoenas 

“because of uncertainty in a 28 U.S.C. section 2254 proceeding whether counsel for petitioner can 

issue subpoenas to testify on his own, or whether the subpoenas must be issued by leave of 

court.” The court notes that counsel for both parties in this action have previously been 

authorized to issue subpoenas for the appearance of witnesses.1

 ECF No. 54. Though counsel for 

petitioner is authorized to issue subpoenas for the appearance of witnesses, the court will grant 

petitioner’s motion in part and direct the Clerk of the Court to send petitioner’s counsel four 

signed but otherwise blank subpoena forms pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 45(a)(3). 

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 The parties must stipulate to or move for the issuance of subpoenas duces tecum. ECF No. 54. 

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 Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that petitioner’s application for issuance of 

subpoenas (ECF No. 56) is granted in part and the Clerk of the Court is directed to provide 

petitioner’s counsel with four signed but otherwise blank subpoena forms. See Fed. R. Civ. P. 

45(a)(3). 

DATED: June 4, 2015 

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