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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

LANARD KITCHENS,

Plaintiff,

v.

TORDSEN, et al.,

Defendants.

CASE NO. 1:12-cv-0105-AWI-MJS (PC)

ORDER DENYING PLAINTIFF’S MOTION

TO SUBPOENA UNINCARCERATED 

WITNESSES FOR FAILURE TO REMIT 

STATUTORY FEES

(ECF No. 90)

Plaintiff is a state prisoner proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis in this civil 

rights action brought pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. (ECF Nos. 1, 10.) This matter

proceeds against Defendant Tordsen on Plaintiff’s First Amendment retaliation claim, 

and against Defendants Tordsen, Coker, Leach and Day on Plaintiff’s Fourteenth 

Amendment claim for subjecting Plaintiff to conditions of confinement that amounted to 

punishment. (ECF No. 28.) Trial is set for October 27, 2015. (ECF No. 85.)

I. REQUEST TO SUBPOENA UNINCARCERATED WITNESSES

Plaintiff’s July 6, 2015 Motion to Subpoena Witnesses Who Refuse to Testify 

Voluntarily sought to compel the presence of eight California Forensic Medical Group

(CFMG) staff members at trial on October 27, 2015. In an order dated July 28, 2015, 

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the Court took the subpoena request under submission, and advised Plaintiff that he 

was required to pay $79.10 in witness fees and travel expenses for each prospective 

witness by August 31, 2015, in order for the subpoenas to issue. (ECF No. 92.)

The August 31, 2015 deadline has come and gone, and Plaintiff has not 

submitted money orders covering the required witness fees or requested an extension 

of time to do so. Accordingly, the Court will deny Plaintiff’s motion for subpoenas.

II. CONCLUSION AND ORDER

Plaintiff’s motion to subpoena unincarcerated witnesses unwilling to testify 

voluntarily (ECF No. 90) is HEREBY DENIED for failure to remit the statutorily required 

witness fees.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: September 10, 2015 /s/Michael J. Seng 

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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