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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 

MARCELINO CALDERON-SILVA, 

Plaintiff, 

v. 

M.S. EVANS, et al., 

Defendants. 

No. 2:11-cv-1155-GEB-EFB P 

ORDER 

Plaintiff is a state prisoner proceeding without counsel in an action brought under 42 

U.S.C. § 1983. Pursuant to the court’s July 21, 2015 pretrial order, this action is set for trial on 

February 9, 2016. ECF No. 84. Pending before the court is plaintiff’s request for “three blank 

civil subpoena forms and witness’s travel expenses information.” ECF No. 86. 

According to the pretrial order, plaintiff intends to call two witnesses to testify at trial – 

Correctional Counselor Nancy and Lieutenant Robert Sunny. ECF No. 84 at 10. Accordingly, 

the Clerk shall provide plaintiff with two blank subpoena forms. 

The pretrial order also informed plaintiff of the procedures for subpoenaing 

unincarcerated witnesses for trial. See ECF No. 84 at 10 (explaining that plaintiff must submit to 

the United States Marshal a completed subpoena and money order payable to the witness in the 

amount of the daily witness fee, $40.00, plus the witness’s travel expenses). Plaintiff’s two 

witnesses work at Folsom State Prison. Id.; ECF No. 86. If the witnesses are to travel from 

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Folsom State Prison to the United States District Court in Sacramento, California, the round-trip 

mileage is 51.6 miles. The mileage rate is 57.5 cents per mile. See 28 USC § 1821(c)(2). 

Accordingly, the total mileage fee for each of these witnesses is $29.67. 

 Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that plaintiff’s request for “three blank civil 

subpoena forms and witness’s travel expenses information,” (ECF No. 86) is granted as provided 

herein, and the Clerk of the Court shall send plaintiff two blank subpoena forms. 

DATED: October 20, 2015. 

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