In Re: Sharon Louise MacDonell
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 IN RE APPLICATION OF SHARON No. 2:20-cv-1332 KJM DB
LOUISE MACDONELL,
12 Applicant ORDER
16 On July 1, 2020, Sharon Louise MacDonell, (“Applicant”), filed an ex parte application to issue subpoenas pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1782 in connection with an action pending in another country. (ECF No. 1.) The matter has been referred to the undersigned pursuant to Local Rule 302(c)(1). For the reasons explained below, Applicant’s request is granted. BACKGROUND Applicant and Roger MacDonell were married in California on October 3, 1992. (Mem. P & A (ECF No. 1) at 3.) After the couple and their four children moved to France, Roger MacDonell initiated divorce proceedings in France on September 4, 2010. (Id.) During those proceedings “the French Court and Applicant have been working to obtain information regarding both” the relevant community assets and Roger MacDonell’s financial assets. (Id. at 4.) “However, the French Court…