(PC) Matlock v. Kern County

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

RICHARD A. MATLOCK, Case No. 1:19-cv-01368-NONE-JLT (PC)

Plaintiff, ORDER DENYING WITHOUT

PREJUDICE PLAINTIFF’S REQUEST

v. FOR SUBPOENA KERN COUNTY, et al., FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS

TO DISMISS NON-COGNIZABLE

Defendants. CLAIMS (Doc. 29) 14-DAY DEADLINE

18 The Court screened the first amended complaint and found it stated a cognizable Fourteenth Amendment failure to protect claim against John Does #1, #2, and #3. (Doc. 18 at 8.) Plaintiff has now indicated his intent to proceed on the first amended complaint as screened. (Doc. 29.) Plaintiff has also filed a request to subpoena “the offender . . . the single Doe Defendant.” The Court’s authorization of a subpoena duces tecum requested by an inmate is subject to limitations. Because personal service of a subpoena duces tecum is required under Federal Rule of Civil…