Vasquez

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 LARRY WILLIAM CORTINAS, Case No. 1:19-cv-00367-JLT-SKO (PC)

Plaintiff,

ORDER REGARDING LODGED

v. SUBPOENA

VASQUEZ, et al., (Doc. 103) Defendants. 16 Plaintiff is proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis in this civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. I. INTRODUCTION This matter is scheduled for an evidentiary hearing on April 19, 2022, at 10:30 a.m. (Doc. 84.) The evidentiary hearing involves “material disputes of fact … regarding whether administrative remedies were available to Plaintiff … [and] an evidentiary hearing is necessary to resolve the disputes.” (Doc. 72.) On April 1, 2022, Plaintiff submitted a subpoena duces tecum which was lodged with the Court on April 5, 2022. (Doc. 103.) For the reasons given below, the lodged subpoena is invalid. // // // II. DISCUSSION Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 45 governs subpoenas, which are the mechanism for obtaining discovery and…