Banks, Sr. v. Regents of the University of California, et al.

Filing 40

ORDER signed by Magistrate Judge Kendall J. Newman on 1/21/2015 DENYING plaintiff's 39 request for writs and subpoenas. (Yin, K)

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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 11 YUJUAN L. BANKS, SR., 12 Plaintiff, 13 14 15 v. No. 2:14-cv-0460 TLN KJN P ORDER U.C. REGENTS, et al., Defendants. 16 17 Plaintiff is a state prisoner, proceeding without counsel, with a civil rights action pursuant 18 to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. On January 15, 2015, plaintiff filed a document requesting that the court 19 send him five writs of ad testificandum so that he may compel the attendance of witnesses at a 20 judicial proceeding. (ECF No. 39.) Plaintiff also requests that the court send him five subpoenas 21 to compel defendants to produce documents at a hearing. (Id.) 22 23 24 Plaintiff does not identify the witnesses or hearing for which he requests the writs of ad testificandum. For this reason, his request for writs is denied. Plaintiff does not identify the documents he intends to obtain with the requested 25 subpoenas or the hearing where he expects the documents to be produced. In any event, plaintiff 26 may obtain documents from defendants through discovery procedures such as a request for 27 production of documents. Accordingly, the request for subpoenas is denied on grounds that it is 28 not well supported. 1 1 Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that plaintiff’s request for writs and subpoenas 2 (ECF No. 39) is denied. 3 Dated: January 21, 2015 4 5 6 7 Ba460.wrt 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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