Glass v. Beer, et al

Filing 188

ORDER notifying Plaintiff of witness fees and costs due to subpoena unincarcerated witness who refuse to testify voluntarily signed by Magistrate Judge Sandra M. Snyder on 12/4/09. (Case Management Deadline: 1/12/2010).(Lundstrom, T)

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 This action is set for jury trial on March 16, 2010, before the Honorable Oliver W. Wanger. Pursuant to the Court's scheduling order filed on September 15, 2009, Plaintiff was informed that if he wishes to have the Marshal serve any unincarcerated witnesses who refuse to testify voluntarily, he must submit money orders for the witnesses to the Court no later than January 12, 2010. (Doc. 184, 3:17-4:17.) Further, in order to ensure timely submission of the money orders, Plaintiff was informed that he should notify the Court of the names and locations of his witnesses within forty-five days of the order. (Id.) On December 3, 2009, Plaintiff filed notices of the names and locations of three unincarcerated witnesses he wishes to have testify at trial. The witnesses are or were employed at California State Prison-Corcoran. /// /// /// /// 1 v. R. BEER, et al., Defendants. / DONALD GLASS, Plaintiff, CASE NO. 1:04-cv-05466-OWW-SMS PC ORDER NOTIFYING PLAINTIFF OF WITNESS FEES AND COSTS DUE TO SUBPOENA UNINCARCERATED WITNESSES WHO REFUSE TO TESTIFY VOLUNTARILY (Docs. 185-187)

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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Plaintiff is notified that for each witness, he must submit a money order in the amount of $100.17, made payable to witness, to the Court no later than January 12, 2010.1 No witness will be served with a subpoena absent the timely submission of a money order. Plaintiff's notice was not submitted within forty-five days, and the untimeliness of the notice leaves Plaintiff less time to obtain and submit money orders than he would otherwise have had. Plaintiff's late notice does not provide a ground to extend any deadlines set in the scheduling order. Fed. R. Civ. P. 16(b)(4). To the extent Plaintiff is unsure where the witness is currently located, the Court and the Marshal cannot and will not conduct an investigation on Plaintiff's behalf. Ascertaining the location of Plaintiff's non-incarcerated witnesses is Plaintiff's responsibility. If Plaintiff submits the money orders as required, the Court will direct the Marshal to serve the witnesses at the location provided by Plaintiff, which, at this time, is CSP-Corcoran. Accordingly, pursuant to the Second Scheduling Order, if Plaintiff wishes to have Correctional Sergeants Rangel and Scaife, and Registered Nurse Koeppe served with summonses to testify at trial, he must submit, for each witness, a money order made out to that witness in the amount of $100.17. The Court cannot accept cash, and the money orders may not be made out to the Court. The money orders must be made out in the witness's name.

IT IS SO ORDERED. Dated: i0d3h8 December 4, 2009 /s/ Sandra M. Snyder UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

The daily witness fee of $40.00, plus $60.17 for round trip mileage for one day. 28 U.S.C. § 1821. It is 1 0 9 .4 miles, round trip, from CSP-Corcoran to the courthouse, and the current mileage reimbursement rate is 55 c e n ts per mile.

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