Thompson

(PC) Williams v. Thompson

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United States District Court, Eastern District of CaliforniaSeptember 16, 20201:19-cv-00330California850 words

Opinion

Trial Court Opinion

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 JOHN WESLEY WILLIAMS, 1:19-cv-00330 NONE JLT (PC) Plaintiff, ORDER GRANTING PLAINTIFF’S

MOTION FOR A SUBPOENA

v. (Doc. 39) THOMPSON, et al.,

Defendants.

In this prisoner civil rights action, Plaintiff proceeds on several claims against defendants Thompson, Houston, Shoemaker, Cristales, Hawthorne, Rabaino, Scalley, and Perez. To date, all of the defendants have been served except for Perez, a correctional officer. As to him, the Litigation Coordinator at Corcoran State Prison in Corcoran, California (“CSP-Cor”) declined to accept service for this defendant because “they are unable to identify ‘Perez’ because there are multiple staff members with that last name.” (See Doc. 23.) Plaintiff now moves for a subpoena to be served on the CSP-Cor Litigation Coordinator to obtain documentation that would help identify the proper employee named Perez. The Court’s authorization of a subpoena duces tecum requested by an in forma pauperis 26 …

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