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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 ROD WILLIAM IRELAND, Case No. 2:19-cv-01104-KJM-JDP (PC) Plaintiff, ORDER GRANTING PLAINTIFF’S

MOTIONS FOR A FORM SUBPOENA AND

v. TO MODIFY THE SCHEDULING ORDER SOLANO COUNTY, et al., ECF Nos. 34, 36, 37 Defendants. 16 Plaintiff, a state prisoner proceeding without counsel, has filed two motions requesting that he be provided a subpoena form. ECF Nos. 34 & 36. He explains that he needs a subpoena form so that he can obtain his medical records from third party California Forensic Medical Group, Inc. ECF No. 36. Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 45(a)(3) provides that “[t]he clerk must issue a subpoena, signed but otherwise in blank, to a party who requests it.” However, before a subpoena is issued, the court must ensure that the party serving the subpoena has taken reasonable steps to avoid imposing an undue burden or expense on the person or entity to be served with the subpoena. Fed. R. Civ. P.…