Freddie George Garcia v. Deputy Sherrifs at S.W.D.C

Filing 42

MINUTES (IN CHAMBERS) ORDER Re: Additional Subpoenas (Dkts. 38-41) by Magistrate Judge Kenly Kiya Kato, Plaintiff's request for issuance and service of four additional Subpoenas is DENIED. (dts)

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
CIVIL MINUTES—GENERAL
Case No.

EDCV 16-00611-R (KK)

Date: December 19, 2016

Title: Freddie George Garcia v. Deputy Sheriffs at S.W.D.C.

Present: The Honorable KENLY KIYA KATO, UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE
DEB TAYLOR

Not Reported

Deputy Clerk

Court Reporter

Attorney(s) Present for Plaintiff(s):

Attorney(s) Present for Defendant(s):

None Present

None Present

Proceedings:

(In Chambers) Order Re: Additional Subpoenas (Dkts. 38-41)

The Court is in receipt of Plaintiff’s four additional proposed subpoenas (“Subpoenas”).
ECF Docket Nos. (“Dkts.”) 38-41. In three of the Subpoenas, Plaintiff requests that the Court
order Deputies Kevin Llanos, Bryan Juaret, and Stephen Johnson to produce documents showing
the “names, ranks, and positions of all the Deputy Sheriffs who were involved in the cell
extraction of Freddie George Garcia and Robert Guzman in B-4-68 on March 27, 2016 at the
Southwest Detention Center.” Dkts. 39-41. In the fourth Subpoena, Plaintiff requests that the
Court order the Medical Department at Southwest Detention Center to produce “any and or all
records dealing with the injuries Freddie G. Garcia suffered on March 27 2015 due to a cell
extraction.” Dkt. 38. Plaintiff requests “all medical records and names of Sheriffs who wrote the
reports for medical attention.” Id.
The Subpoenas to Deputies Llanos, Juaret and Johnson are duplicative of the subpoenas
the Court ordered served on October 26, 2016. Dkt. 31. Hence, the Court declines to serve the
duplicative Subpoenas.
Additionally, the Subpoena to the Medical Department is beyond the scope of the
discovery the Court permitting in its August 16, 2016 Order. Dkt. 23. As previously set forth in
the August 16, 2016 Order, discovery at this time is limited to what is necessary to discover the
names of the deputies Plaintiff alleges assaulted him on March 27, 2015. Accordingly, Plaintiff’s
request for issuance and service of four additional Subpoenas is DENIED.

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