Benjamin F. Ellis v. Gabriel Williams, et al.

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 BENJAMIN F. ELLIS, No. 2:23-cv-01962 WBS SCR P Plaintiff, v. ORDER GABRIEL WILLIAMS, et al., Defendants. 16 Plaintiff is incarcerated in state prison and proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis with this civil rights action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Plaintiff has requested the issuance of subpoenas duces tecum to various departments within the California Health Care Facility (“CHCF”). For the reasons set forth below, plaintiff’s request is granted. Plaintiff is advised to review this order and comply with the instructions below regarding completing and returning the subpoena forms. PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND Plaintiff, an individual with T-4 Spastic Paraplegia and a full-time wheelchair user, sues defendant Peterson, a former Associate Warden, and G. Williams, a prison doctor, for allegedly refusing to provide a safe wheelchair. (ECF No. 12.) On December 11, 2024, the undersigned screened the…