Sherman

FACTS AND ADOPTING IN PART

v. FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS TO

HOLD NONPARTY WITNESS ALEJANDRO

STU SHERMAN, SERRANO IN CONTEMPT Respondent. Doc. 131 16 17 The assigned magistrate judge ordered Alejando Serrano (“Serrano”) to show cause why he should not be held in contempt for his failure to appear for an evidentiary hearing on October 4, 2024, pursuant to petitioner’s subpoena. Doc. 131. The procedural history of this case is set out more fully in the magistrate judge’s December 19, 2024, certification of facts and findings and recommendations. Id. In summary, on September 17, 2024, petitioner Ricardo Velasquez served Serrano with a subpoena pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 45, seeking his testimony in connection with this action. Doc. 119, Ex. 1. Serrano failed to appear at the evidentiary hearing to provide such testimony. Doc. 109. On November 4, 2024, the magistrate judge issued an order for Serrano to show cause and set a hearing on December 19, 2024, as to why Serrano should not be held in contempt for his failure to comply…