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Nature of Suit Code: 440
Nature of Suit: Other Civil Rights
Cause of Action: 42:1983 Civil Rights Act

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

LEON JEROME MARTIN,

Plaintiff,

v.

CITY OF VALLEJO, et al.,

Defendants.

No. 2:14-cv-0554 DAD PS

ORDER

On August 6, 2015, defendants filed an ex parte application for an order shortening time 

for hearing of defendants’ motion to quash a subpoena. (Dkt. No. 68.) Therein, defendants assert

that defense counsel received a subpoena from plaintiff’s assistant requiring the appearance of 

Vallejo Police Department Captain Lee Horton at the August 14, 2015 scheduled hearing on

plaintiff’s motion to compel. Defendants seek an order shortening time to hear defendants’ 

motion to quash that subpoena prior to the August 14, 2015 hearing of plaintiff’s motion to 

compel. Plaintiff has filed an opposition to defendants’ motion. (Dkt. No. 70.)

The undersigned has reviewed the parties’ papers submitted in connection with the motion 

to quash the subpoena in question and does not require oral argument on that issue. In short, the 

court does not intend to hear witness testimony at the August 14, 2015 hearing of plaintiff’s 

motion to compel. In the unlikely event that, after considering the parties’ briefing and oral 

arguments on the motion to compel, the court determines that the taking of testimony would be 

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helpful in resolving that motion, the court will reconsider whether requiring Captain Horton’s 

appearance at a later evidentiary hearing would be appropriate. 

Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that: 

1. Defendants’ August 6, 2015 motions for an order shortening time and to quash 

subpoena (Dkt. No. 68) is granted; and

2. Vallejo Police Department Captain Lee Horton need not appear at the August 14, 2015 

hearing of plaintiff’s motion to compel.

Dated: August 10, 2015

DAD:6

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