Cox v. United States of America (INMATE3)

Filing 50

ORDER ON MOTION denying 48 Motion for subpoenas duces tecum. Signed by Honorable Judge Wallace Capel, Jr on 6/14/2011. (br, )

IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES
FOR THE MIDDLE DISTRICT OF ALABAMA
EASTERN DIVISION
JUDSON MARSHALL COX,
Petitioner,
v.
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
Respondent.

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Civil Action No. 3:09cv448-WKW
(WO)

ORDER ON MOTION
Petitioner, through counsel, has filed a motion for subpoenas duces tecum (Doc. No.
48), seeking to subpoena persons and documents during this proceeding.1 Discovery may
be permitted for good cause shown in proceedings under 28 U.S.C. § 2255. See Rule 6,
Rules Governing Section 2255 Proceedings for the United States District Courts; see also
Rule 45, Federal Rules of Civil Procedure (applying to subpoenas duces tecum in civil
proceedings). The petitioner has failed to establish or indicate how the documents he seeks
are relevant and material to an issue in this § 2255 proceeding, and therefore he has not
demonstrated good cause for further discovery. Accordingly, it is
ORDERED that the petitioner’s motion for subpoenas duces tecum (Doc. No. 48) be

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The petitioner requests that the subpoenas duces tecum be issued to attorney Leon David
Walker, III, the United States Probation Office, the Drug Enforcement Administration, the Auburn
Police Department, and the Montgomery City Jail and that the requested documents be produced to
the petitioner’s counsel in this proceeding.

DENIED.
Done this 14th day of June, 2011.

/s/Wallace Capel, Jr.
WALLACE CAPEL, JR.
UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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