Kandi v. Management and Training Corporation et al

Filing 19

ORDER DENYING 17 Plaintiff's Motion for Clerk's Office to Issue Signed Subpoenas signed by Magistrate Judge Barbara A. McAuliffe on 1/3/2017. (Jessen, A)

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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 11 EMIEL A. KANDI, 12 Plaintiff, 13 14 15 v. MANAGEMENT AND TRAINING CORPORATION, et al., Case No. 1:16-cv-00794-AWI-BAM (PC) ORDER DENYING PLAINTIFF’S MOTION FOR CLERK’S OFFICE TO ISSUE SIGNED SUBPOENAS (ECF No. 17) Defendants. 16 Plaintiff Emiel A. Kandi (“Plaintiff”) is a federal prisoner proceeding pro se and in forma 17 18 pauperis in this civil rights action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983.1 Plaintiff initiated this action on June 19 8, 2016. (ECF No. 1.) On December 22, 2016, Plaintiff filed the instant motion with the Court, 20 requesting the Clerk’s Office to send Plaintiff six signed subpoena forms so that Plaintiff may 21 compel depositions by written questions. (ECF No. 17.) Plaintiff’s request is premature. The Court has not yet screened the complaint, as required 22 23 by 28 U.S.C. § 1915A, nor has it been served on any of the named defendants. Discovery will 24 commence following the service of Plaintiff’s complaint. The Court advises Plaintiff that it will 25 screen his complaint in due course. 26 1 27 28 Plaintiff’s complaint has not yet been screened, but the court takes judicial notice that Plaintiff has filed his complaint in part under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Generally, suits against federal officers for the violation of constitutional rights should be brought under Bivens v. Six Unknown Named Agents of Federal Bureau of Narcotics, 403 U.S. 388 (1971). 1 1 2 Accordingly, the Court HEREBY DENIES Plaintiff’s motion for the clerk’s office to issue signed subpoenas, as premature, without prejudice. 3 4 5 IT IS SO ORDERED. Dated: /s/ Barbara January 3, 2017 A. McAuliffe _ UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 2

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