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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 

JAMES CURTIS KERN, 

Plaintiff, 

v. 

SACRAMENTO COUNTY SHERIFF, et 

al., 

Defendants. 

No. 2:23-cv-0252 AC P 

ORDER 

 Plaintiff, a current state and former county prisoner proceeding pro se, has filed a motion 

seeking assistance in obtaining his medical records and serving a subpoena for the records. ECF 

No. 30. He states that he has submitted requests for the records and that both he and a superior 

court judge have asked his attorney1

 to subpoena the records but that he is still without a complete 

copy of his medical records. Id. 

 In granting plaintiff’s request for subpoena forms, the court advised him that it would not 

direct service of the subpoenas by the United States Marshal unless plaintiff showed that he 

“cannot receive the documents he seeks by way of discovery requests directed to defendants” and 

that failure to make such a showing would result in denial of any motion for service. ECF No. 29 

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 Plaintiff is not represented by counsel in this case. It appears he may be referring to his 

attorney in an ongoing state court matter. 

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at 1-2. Since plaintiff has not shown that he served a request for production of documents on 

defendant seeking a copy of his medical records and that defendant would not or could not 

provide the requested documents, the motion for service of the subpoena will be denied. 

 Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that plaintiff’s motion for service (ECF No. 30) 

is DENIED without prejudice. 

DATED: May 22, 2024 

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