Case 1:05-cv-00918-SLR
Q^,,,AOH (DE Rev. Ol x'07) Subpoena in a Civil Case
Document 36
Filed 04/13/2007
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Issued by the
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
DISTRICT OF DELAWARE Charles Carl, V.
MBNA America Bank, N.A.
SUBPOENA IN A CIVIL CASE DUC.ES TECLTM Case Number:' 05-918 SLR
TO: Khaja Yezdani, M.D. 191 Christiana Plaza, Suite 3 Route 273 New Castle, DE 19720 u YOU ARE COMMANDED to appear in the United States District court at the place, date, and time specified below to testify in the above case.
PLACE OF TESTIMONY COURTROOM
DATE AND TIME
Cd YOU ARE COMMANDED to appear at the place, date, and time specified below to testify at the taking of a deposition in the above case.
PLACE OF DE-POSITION 191 Christiana Plaza , Suite 3 Route 273, New Castle, DE 19720
DATE AND TIME
4/19/2007 9:00 am
C^1 YOU ARE COMMANDED to produce and permit inspection and copying ofthe following documents or objects at the place , date, and time specified below ( list documents or objects): Complete medical chart, correspondence related to Charles Carl, Jr. for deposition on 4/19/2007 at 9:00 am at 191 Christiana Plaza, Suite 3, New Castle, DE 19720
PLACE DATE AND TIME
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YOU ARE COMMANDED to permit inspection of the following premises at the date and time specified below.
DATE AND TIME
PREMISES
Any organization not a party to this suit that is subpoenaed for the taking of a deposition shall designate one or more officers, directors, or managing agents, or other persons who consent to testify on its behalf, and may set forth, for each person designated, the matters on which the person will testify. Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, 30(b)(6).
ISSUING OFFICER'S SIGNATURE. AND TITLE (INDICATE IF ATTORNEY FOR PLAINTIFF OR DEFENDANIT DATE
4/10/2007
ISSUING OFFICER'S NAME, ADDRESS AND PHONE NUMBER
Margaret M. DiBianca, Esquire, Young Conaway Stargatt &Taylor, LLP, The Brandywine Bldg., 17th Floor, PO Box 391 Wilmington DE 19899-1031, 302-571-5008
(See Rule 45 , Federal Rules of Civil Procedure , Subdivisions ( c), (d), and (e), on next page)
' If action is pending in district other than district of issuance, state district under case number
Case 1:05-cv-00918-SLR
H (DE Rev. 01/07) Subpoena in a Civil Case
Document 36
Filed 04/13/2007
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I declare under penalty of perjury under the laws of the United States of America that the foregoing inforlrtation contained in the Proof of Service is true and correct.
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Rule 45, Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, Subdivisions (c), (d), and (e), as amended on December 1, 2006:
(c) PROTECTION OF PERSONS SUBJECT TO SUBPOENAS
(])A party or an attorney responsible for the issuance and service of a subpoena shall take ensonable steps to avoid imposing undue burden or expense on a person subject to that subpoena The court on behalf of which the subpoena was issued shall enforce this duty and impose upon the party or attorney in breach of this duty an appropriate sanction, which may include, but is not limited to, lost earnings and a reasonable attorney's fee. (2) (A) A person commanded to produce and pen nit inspection, copying, testing, or sampling of designated electronically stored information, books, papers, documents or tangible things, or inspection of premises need not appear in person at the place of production or inspection unless commanded to appear for deposition, hearing or trial, (B) Subject to paragraph (d)(2) of this rule, a person commanded to produce and permit inspection, copying, testing, or sampling may, within 14 days after set-vice of the subpoena or before the time specified for compliance if such time is less than 14 days after service, serve upon the pity or attorney designated in the subpoena written objection to producing any or all of the designated materials or inspection of the premises-or to producing electronically stored infor nmtioil in the form or forms Iegnested Ifobjection is made, the party serving the subpoena shall not be entitled to inspect, copy, test, or sample the materials or inspect the premises except pill suantto air order ofthe court by which tire subpoena was issued Ifobjectionhasbeenmade, the party serving the subpoena may, upon notice to the person commanded to produce, move at any time for an order to compel the production, inspection, copying, testing, or sampling Such an order to compel shall protect any person who is not a party or an officer of a party from significant expense resulting from the inspection, copying, testing, or sampling commanded. (3) (A) On timely motion, the court by which a subpoena was issued shall quash or modify the subpoena if it (i) fails to allow reasonable time for compliance; (ii) requires a person who is not a parry or an officer of a party to travel to a place more than IOU miles Donn the place where that person resides, is employed or regularly transacts business in person, except chat, subject to the provisions ofblause (e)(3)(B)(iii) ofthis tide, such a person may in order to attend trial be commanded to travel front any such place within the state in which the trial is held; (iii) requires disclosure of privileged or other protected matter and no exception or waiver applies; or (iv) subjects a person to undue burden. (B) Ifa subpoena (i) requires disclosure of a trade secret or other confidential research, development, or commercial infornation, or (ii) requires disclosure of an unretained expert's opinion or information not describing specific events o' occurrences in dispute and resulting from the expert's study made not at the request of any party, or (iii) requires a person who is not a party or tun officer of a party to incur substantial expense to travel more than 100 miles to attend trial, the court may, to protect a person subject
to or affected by the subpoena, quash or modify the subpoena or, if the party in whose behalf the subpoena is issued shows a substantial need for the testimony or material that cannot be otherwise met without undue hardship and assures that the person to whom tine subpoena is addressed will be reasonably compensated, the court may cider appearance or production only upon specified conditions
(d) DUTIES IN RESPONDING TO SUBPOENA.
(1) (A) A person responding to a subpoena to produce documents shall produce them as they are kept in the usual course of business or shall organize and label them to correspond with the categories in the demand. (B) If a subpoena does not specify the fornn or forms for producing electronically stored information, a person responding to a subpoena must produce the information in a font or forms in which the person ordinarily maintains it or in a forth or fortes that are reasonably usable (C) A person responding to a subpoena need not produce tine same electronically stored information in more than one form. (D) A person responding to a subpoena need not provide discovery of electronically stored information from sources that the person identifies as not reasonably accessible because of undue burden or cost On motion to compel discovery or to quash, the person front whorl discovery is sought must show that the information sought is not reasonably accessible because of undue burden or cost. If that showing is made, the court may nonetheless order discovery from such sources if the requesting party shows good cause, considering the limitations of Rule 26(b)(2)(C), The court may specify conditions for the discovery. (2) (A) When information subject to a subpoena is withheld on a claim that it is privileged or subject to protection as trial-preparation materials, the claim shall be made expressly and shall be supported by a description of the nature of the documents, communications, or things not produced that is sufficient to enable the demanding party to contest the claim (B) If information is produced in response to a subpoena that is subject to a claim of privilege or of protection as trial-preparation material, the person making the claim may notify any party that received the information of the claim and the basis for it. After being notified, a pity must promptly return, sequester, or destroy the specified information and any copies it has and may not use or disclose the information until the claim is resolved A receiving party may promptly present the information to the court under seal for a determination of the claim If the receiving party disclosed the information before being notified, it must take reasonable steps to retrieve it The person who produced the infomnation must preserve the information until the claim is resolved (e) CONTEMPT Failure of any person without adequate excuse to obey a subpoena served upon that person may be deemed a contempt of the court from which the subpoena issued Au adequate cause for failure to obey exists when a subpoena purports to require a nonpity to attend or produce at a place not within the limits provided by clause (ii) of subparagraph (c)(3)(A)