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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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STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER CSP-SAC’S SUBPOENA RESPONSE

Case No. 2:10-cv-02009-MCE-EFB 

Julie A. Shepard (SBN 175538)

JShepard@jenner.com

Alice S. Kim (SBN 317479)

AKim@jenner.com

Eric Wolff (SBN 341180)

Eric.Wolff@Jenner.com

Tal Ratner Solovey (SBN 348113)

TRatnerSolovey@jenner.com

JENNER & BLOCK LLP

515 South Flower Street, Suite 3300

Los Angeles, CA 90071-2246 

Telephone: +1 213 239 5100 

Facsimile: +1 213 239 5199 

Attorneys for Plaintiff Danny Murphy Coston

Additional Counsel Listed on Signature Page

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SACRAMENTO DIVISION

DANNY MURPHY COSTON,

Plaintiff, 

v. 

ANDREW NANGALAMA, et al., 

Defendants. 

Case No. 2:10-cv-02009-MCE-EFB 

STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] 

ORDER RE CALIFORNIA STATE 

PRISON – SACRAMENTO’S 

RESPONSE TO PLAINTIFF’S

SUBPOENAS 

[Declaration of Eric Wolff filed 

concurrently herewith] 

Judge: Hon. Edmund F. Brennan 

Courtroom: 8 

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STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER RE CSP-SAC’S SUBPOENA RESPONSE

Case No. 2:10-cv-02009-MCE-EFB 

SUBJECT TO THE APPROVAL OF THE COURT, Plaintiff Danny Murphy Coston (“Mr. 

Coston”) and non-party California State Prison – Sacramento (“CSP-Sac,” together with Mr. Coston, 

“the Parties”), through their counsel, in order to resolve Mr. Coston’s pending Motion to Compel 

Discovery from CSP-Sac (ECF No. 247), jointly submit the following Stipulation and Proposed Order 

regarding CSP-Sac’s responses to Mr. Coston’s two subpoenas served on CSP-Sac on November 15, 

2022 and January 30, 2023.

RECITALS

WHEREAS, Mr. Coston personally served CSP-Sac with a Subpoena Duces Tecum (the “First 

Subpoena”) on November 15, 2022 and specified a return date of December 6, 2022;

WHEREAS, CSP-Sac did not respond to Mr. Coston’s First Subpoena by the deadline;

WHEREAS, on January 30, 2023, counsel for Mr. Coston served a second Subpoena Duces 

Tecum (the “Second Subpoena,” together with the First Subpoena, “the Subpoenas”) on CSP-Sac and 

specified a return date of February 20, 2023;

WHEREAS, CSP-Sac did not respond to Mr. Coston’s Second Subpoena by the deadline;

WHEREAS, from December 2022 through June 2023, the Parties met and conferred 

extensively regarding CSP-Sac’s responses to the Subpoenas;

WHEREAS, during the period of December 2022 through June 2023, CSP-Sac represented to 

counsel for Mr. Coston that it experienced staff shortages, a backlog of requests, and technical issues 

that contributed to the delays in its production in response to the Subpoenas;

WHEREAS, on June 14, 2023, CSP-Sac represented that it had completed its production in 

response to both Subpoenas as of June 13, 2023;

WHEREAS, on July 27, 2023, Mr. Coston filed a Motion to Compel Discovery from Non-Party 

California State Prison – Sacramento (the “Motion”) due to CSP-Sac’s failure to conduct a diligent

search and produce all documents responsive to the Subpoenas, and noticed the hearing for August 23, 

2023 (ECF No. 247);

WHEREAS, on July 27, 2023, the same day the Motion was filed, Mr. Coston’s counsel sent 

CSP-Sac’s counsel a draft Joint Statement of Discovery Disagreement (“Joint Statement”) detailing 

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the facts relevant to the Motion, the Parties’ efforts to meet and confer, and Mr. Coston’s positions

regarding the deficiencies in CSP-Sac’s production in response to each request of the Subpoenas;

WHEREAS, on August 8, 2023, CSP-Sac proposed this stipulation as a resolution to the 

Motion.

STIPULATION

NOW, THEREFORE,the Parties hereby respectfully ask this Court to enter the following 

Orders:

1. CSP-Sac shall conduct a diligent search for documents responsive to the requests of 

both Subpoenas and complete its production of those documents by August 23, 2023.

2. CSP-Sac shall prepare a declaration similar to the one ordered in Scruggs v. Vance, 2011 

WL 6368297, at *13 (E.D. Cal. Dec. 19, 2011) detailing the following for each request of the 

Subpoenas: (1) CSP-Sac’s efforts to find documents responsive to the request, (2) any document 

retention policy that affected CSP-Sac’s ability to produce documents responsive to the request, (3) 

any litigation hold that was placed on any of the documents requested, and (4) list any requested 

documents that were destroyed, when the destruction occurred, and append a copy of the document 

retention policy governing the destruction, and shall serve this declaration on Mr. Coston by August 

25, 2023.

3. Mr. Coston’s Motion to Compel (ECF No. 247) is deemed WITHDRAWN and the 

August 23, 2023 hearing date is VACATED. 

SO STIPULATED.

Dated: August 9, 2023 JENNER & BLOCK LLP

 /s/ Julie A. Shepard

Julie A. Shepard

Alice S. Kim

Eric Wolff

Tal Ratner Solovey

Attorneys for Plaintiff Danny Murphy Coston

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STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER RE CSP-SAC’S SUBPOENA RESPONSE

Case No. 2:10-cv-02009-MCE-EFB 

Dated: August 9, 2023

 /s/ Amie Bears (as authorized on 8/9/2023)

Catherine Woodbridge (SBN 186186)

Amie Bears (SBN 242372) 

1300 I Street, Suite 125 

P.O. Box 944255 

Sacramento, CA 94244-2550 

Telephone: (916) 210-7663 

Facsimile: (916) 322-8288 

Amie.Bears@doj.ca.gov 

Attorneys for Non-Party California State Prison – Sacramento

Attorneys for Defendant Andrew Nangalama

[PROPOSED] ORDER

Based on the above stipulation, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that:

1. CSP-Sac shall conduct a diligent search for documents responsive to the requests of 

both Subpoenas and complete its production of those documents by August 23, 2023. 

2. CSP-Sac shall prepare a declaration similar to the one ordered in Scruggs v. Vance, 2011 

WL 6368297, at *13 (E.D. Cal. Dec. 19, 2011) detailing the following for each request of the 

Subpoenas: (1) CSP-Sac’s efforts to find documents responsive to the request, (2) any document 

retention policy that affected CSP-Sac’s ability to produce documents responsive to the request, (3) 

any litigation hold that was placed on any of the documents requested, and (4) list any requested 

documents that were destroyed, when the destruction occurred, and append a copy of the document 

retention policy governing the destruction, and shall serve this declaration on Mr. Coston by August 

25, 2023. 

3. Mr. Coston’s Motion to Compel (ECF No. 247) is deemed WITHDRAWN and the 

August 23, 2023, hearing date is VACATED.

DATED: August 18, 2023. 

 

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