Fisher

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 8 KEITH ROBERT LUGO, Case No.: 1:19-cv-00039-NONE- SAB (PC)

Plaintiff,

ORDER GRANTING PLAINTIFF’S

v. MOTION FOR ISSUANCE OF

SUBPOENAS

R. FISHER, et al., [ECF No. 51] Defendants. 14 Plaintiff Keith Robert Lugo is a state prisoner proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis in a civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Currently before the Court is Plaintiff’s motion for the issuance of subpoenas, filed on June 15, 2020. Defendants did not file an opposition and the time to do so has now expired. Local Rule 230(l) I. DISCUSSION Discovery is permissible against nonparties. Fed. R. Civ. P. 45. A Rule 45 subpoena is the only discovery method by which information may be obtained from a nonparty. Adv. Comm. Note to 1991 Amendment to Fed. R. Civ. P. 45. Rule 45 subpoenas permit discovery from nonparties equivalent to discovery from parties under Rule…