Stiriling et al v. St. Louis County Police Department et al

Filing 64

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that pro se Plaintiff Jamison Stirilings request (Doc. No. 53) for issuance of a subpoena to Captain Doyle of the St. Louis County Police Department is DENIED. The evidence sought by Plaintiff is not relevant to the subject matter of this law suit. See Stockdale v. Stockdale, No. 4:08-CV-1773 CAS, 2009 WL 4030758, at *1 (E.D. Mo. Nov. 18, 2009) (Courts exercising inherent supervisory power over in forma pauperis subpoenas generally consider factors such as the relevance and materiality of the information requested and the necessity of the particular testimony or documents to proving the indigents case.) Signed by District Judge Audrey G. Fleissig on 10/25/12. (JWJ)

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
EASTERN DISTRICT OF MISSOURI
EASTERN DIVISION
JAMISON STIRILING, et al.,
Plaintiffs,
v.
ST. LOUIS COUNTY POLICE
DEPT., et al.,
Defendants.

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No. 4:11CV01932 AGF

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that pro se Plaintiff Jamison Stiriling’s request
(Doc. No. 53) for issuance of a subpoena to Captain Doyle of the St. Louis County Police
Department is DENIED. The evidence sought by Plaintiff is not relevant to the subject
matter of this law suit. See Stockdale v. Stockdale, No. 4:08-CV-1773 CAS, 2009 WL
4030758, at *1 (E.D. Mo. Nov. 18, 2009) (“Courts exercising inherent supervisory power
over in forma pauperis subpoenas generally consider factors such as the relevance and
materiality of the information requested and the necessity of the particular testimony or
documents to proving the indigent’s case.”)
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AUDREY G. FLEISSIG
UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE
Dated this 25th day of October, 2012.