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Parties Involved:
John D. Lambertson
Plaintiff
G. D. Lewis
Defendant

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United States District Court

Northern District of California

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

JOHN D. LAMBERTSON,

Plaintiff,

v.

G. D. LEWIS,

Defendant.

Case No. 12-cv-05122-JD 

ORDER TO SEND PLAINTIFF 

TWO SUBPOENAS; DENYING 

MOTION TO FILE DEPOSITIONS

Re: Dkt. No. 64

Plaintiff, a state prisoner, proceeds with a pro se civil rights complaint under 42 U.S.C. § 

1983. Plaintiff alleges that three Doe defendants failed to protect him from an assault by other 

inmates. While this claim is sufficient to proceed plaintiff must provide the identities of the 

defendants for service. Plaintiff was informed that he may seek such information through the 

California Public Records Act or any other means available such as seeking reports from his 

central file concerning the incident. Plaintiff may also use a Court subpoena which the Court 

provided with instructions. Plaintiff sent a letter stating that he did not receive the subpoena, 

therefore the Court will resend it.

Plaintiff has also filed a motion for leave to file depositions. However, there are no served 

defendants in this case. Warden Lewis was previously a defendant and counsel made an 

appearance, but Lewis was dismissed from this case which was upheld on appeal. Docket No. 58. 

Because there are no served defendants in this action, plaintiff’s motion for depositions is denied. 

Plaintiff may engage in discovery once the defendants have been served.

CONCLUSION

1. Plaintiff’s motion for depositions (Docket No. 64) is DENIED. 

2. As a pro se litigant, plaintiff needs the Court’s Clerk to issue a subpoena. Fed. R. Civ.

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P. 45(a)(3). Therefore, the Clerk shall send to plaintiff 2 blank records subpoena forms for 

plaintiff to fill out and return to the Court so that the Clerk may issue the subpoena and the 

Marshal may serve it on the subpoenaed party. Plaintiff needs to fill in all of the necessary 

information, but must leave the signature line blank so that the Clerk may sign it. 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: July 7, 2016

JAMES DONATO

United States District Judge

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United States District Court

Northern District of California

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

JOHN D. LAMBERTSON,

Plaintiff,

v.

G. D. LEWIS,

Defendant.

Case No. 12-cv-05122-JD 

CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

I, the undersigned, hereby certify that I am an employee in the Office of the Clerk, U.S. 

District Court, Northern District of California.

That on July 7, 2016, I SERVED a true and correct copy(ies) of the attached, by placing 

said copy(ies) in a postage paid envelope addressed to the person(s) hereinafter listed, by 

depositing said envelope in the U.S. Mail, or by placing said copy(ies) into an inter-office delivery 

receptacle located in the Clerk's office.

John D. Lambertson ID: V92821

Kern Valley State Prison

P.O. Box 5103

Delano, CA 93216 

Dated: July 7, 2016

Susan Y. Soong

Clerk, United States District Court

By:________________________

LISA R. CLARK, Deputy Clerk to the 

Honorable JAMES DONATO

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