Juan Antonio Pacheco v. A. Moreno

I. DISCUSSION

A. Procedural History. Pursuant to the Court’s order directing service of process, the U.S. Marshals Service was unable to serve Defendant because Defendant could not be located at the address Plaintiff provided in his original Complaint. (Dkt. 17.) On November 26, 2024, the Court advised Plaintiff that, because the named defendant could not be identified for service, Plaintiff must serve one or more subpoenas duces tecum directed to the Orange County Sheriff’s Department, Professional Standards Division, at 320 N. Flower Street, Santa Ana, California 92703, to obtain Defendant’s identifying information. (Dkt. 20.) The Court further instructed Plaintiff to file a duplicate copy of any subpoena so that it could be served by the U.S. Marshals Service. (Dkt. 29.) Despite repeated instructions spanning from January 2025 to March 2025, Plaintiff failed on multiple occasions to submit a copy of the subpoena to the Court. (See Dkts. 27, 28, 29, 32, 33, 36.) The Court granted Plaintiff several extensions and multiple opportunities to cure these deficiencies. (See Dkts. 29, 33, 34.) On June 16, 2025, Plaintiff filed two duplicate copies of a subpoena directed to…