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Nature of Suit Code: 550
Nature of Suit: Prisoner - Civil Rights (U.S. defendant)
Cause of Action: 42:1983 Prisoner Civil Rights

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

JAQUES FEARENCE,

 Plaintiff,

 vs.

L. L. SCHULTEIS, et al.,

 Defendants.

1:08-cv-00615-LJO-GSA-PC

 

ORDER DENYING REQUEST FOR 

ISSUANCE OF SUBPOENA, 

WITHOUT PREJUDICE

(Doc. 76.)

I. BACKGROUND

Jaques Fearence ("Plaintiff") is a prisoner proceeding pro se in this civil rights action 

pursuant to 42 U.S.C. ' 1983. This case now proceeds on the Third Amended Complaint filed 

by Plaintiff on November 22, 2013, against defendants Hopkins and Busby for use of excessive 

force; against defendants Hopkins, Davis, Duffy, and Beckett for failure to protect Plaintiff;

and against defendants Hopkins, Busby, Davis, Duffy, and Beckett for conspiracy to use 

excessive force. (Doc. 64.) 

This case is currently in the discovery phase, pursuant to the court’s scheduling order 

issued on February 19, 2014. (Doc. 74.) On March 3, 2014, Plaintiff filed a request, seeking 

the issuance of a subpoena duces tecum commanding non-party Kim Holland, Warden of the 

California Correctional Institution/Litigation Office, to provide the following documents and 

information:

-- Any designated documents or electronically stored information including 

writings, drawings, graphs, charts, photographs, sound and video recordings, 

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images, and other data or data compilations in regard to Plaintiff’s cell 

extraction on August 11, 2005; and

-- Any and all policies, directives, or instructions to staff concerning the use of 

force with MK-9 foggers OC pepper spray, in year 2005.

For the reasons set forth below, Plaintiff=s present request is denied, without prejudice.

Subject to certain requirements set forth herein, Plaintiff is entitled to the issuance of a 

subpoena commanding the production of documents from non-parties, and to service of the 

subpoena by the United States Marshal. Fed. R. Civ. P. 45; 28 U.S.C. 1915(d). However, the 

Court will consider granting such a request only if the documents sought from the non-party are 

not equally available to Plaintiff and are not obtainable from Defendants through a request for 

production of documents. Fed. R. Civ. P. 34. Also, some of the documents sought by Plaintiff 

may be kept in Plaintiff=s central file at the prison, to which he is entitled to access. 

If Plaintiff wishes to make another request for the issuance of a records subpoena, he 

may file a motion requesting the issuance of a subpoena duces tecum that (1) identifies with 

specificity the documents sought and from whom, and (2) makes a showing in the motion that 

the records are only obtainable through that third party.

For the reasons set forth above, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that Plaintiff=s request for 

the issuance of subpoenas, filed on March 3, 2014 is DENIED, without prejudice.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: March 6, 2014 /s/ Gary S. Austin 

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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