(PC) Parker v. N. West

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 MELVIN PARKER, No. 2:22-cv-2015 CSK P Plaintiff, v. ORDER N. WEST, Defendant. 16 Plaintiff is a state prisoner proceeding pro se. Before the Court is defendant’s renewed motion to compel compliance with the deposition subpoena for the testimony of an incarcerated nonparty witness. (ECF No. 66-1.) As discussed below, defendant’s unopposed motion is granted. I. BACKGROUND This action proceeds on plaintiff’s amended complaint alleging that on October 31, 2019, defendant N. West allegedly paid inmate Durrell Puckett to murder plaintiff by removing Puckett’s restraints and opening his cell door to enable Puckett to attack plaintiff, who was chained to the dayroom floor. (ECF No. 18 at 6-7.) On October 31, 2019, in Sacramento County Superior Court, Case No. 20FE002269, inmate Durrell Puckett was criminally charged with the attempted murder of plaintiff. (ECF No. 61-1 at 3, 8.) /// On September…