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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

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

ISAIAH J. PETILLO,

Plaintiff,

v.

J. GALLAGHER, et al.,

Defendants.

No. 1:23-cv-00661 GSA (PC)

ORDER DISREGARDING AS IMPROPERLY 

FILED PLAINTIFF’S MOTION FOR A 

SUBPOENA

(ECF No. 10)

ORDER DIRECTING CLERK OF COURT TO 

REFILE MOTION FOR A SUBPOENA IN 

PETILLO V. JASSO, CASE NO.: 1:21-CV01401 SAB

(ECF No. 10)

Plaintiff, a county jail inmate proceeding pro se, has filed this civil rights action seeking 

relief under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. The matter was referred to a United States Magistrate Judge 

pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1)(B) and Local Rule 302.

On October 26, 2023, a motion for subpoena filed by Plaintiff was docketed in this case. 

ECF No. 10. In it, Plaintiff requests a witness subpoena form from the Court, and he states that 

he has another case, Petillo v. Jasso, No. 1:21-cv-01401 SAB (“Jasso”), which is about to go to 

trial. Id.

This matter has yet to be screened due to the Court’s tentative finding that it was untimely 

filed. See ECF No. 4 (Court’s June 2023 order to show cause). Thus, a request that a subpoena 

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issue in this case is premature. However, a cursory review of the docket in the Jasso case 

indicates that that matter is in the pretrial stages of its proceedings. See Jasso, ECF No. 95 

(October 2023 order regarding trial schedule). The docket in Jasso also indicates that Plaintiff 

has begun to file pretrial motions. See Jasso, ECF Nos. 108, 110 (recent pretrial motions filed by 

Plaintiff in Jasso matter).

Based on these findings, although Plaintiff wrote the 1:23-cv-00661 GSA case number on 

the instant motion for a subpoena, and it was filed in this case, it appears that the motion should 

have been filed in the Jasso matter. Therefore, the motion will be disregarded as improperly filed 

in this case, and the Clerk of Court will be directed to file it in Plaintiff’s Petillo v. Jasso, No. 

1:21-cv-01401 SAB matter along with a copy of this order.

Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that:

1. Plaintiff’s motion for a subpoena (ECF No. 10) shall be DISREGARDED as 

improperly filed, and

2. The Clerk of Court shall file Plaintiff’s motion for a subpoena (ECF No. 10) in the 

Petillo v. Jasso, No. 1:21-cv-01401 SAB matter, with a copy of this order attached to it.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: December 7, 2023 /s/ Gary S. Austin 

 UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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