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Name, Address, Telephone No. & I.D. No.
UNITED STATES BANKRUPTCY COURT
SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
325 West "F" Street, San Diego, California 92101-6991
In Re
BANKRUPTCY NO.*
Debtor.
SUBPOENA IN A CASE UNDER THE BANKRUPTCY CODE
TO:
YOU ARE COMMANDED to appear in the United States Bankruptcy Court at the place, date, and time specified
below to testify in the above case.
PLACE OF TESTIMONY
COURTROOM
DATE AND TIME
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 DEPOSITION
DATE AND TIME
YOU ARE COMMANDED to produce and permit inspection and copying of the following documents or objects at
the place, date, and time specified below (list documents or objects):
PLACE
DATE AND TIME
YOU ARE COMMANDED to permit inspection of the following premises at the date and time specified below.
PREMISES
DATE AND TIME
Any organization not a party to this proceeding 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. Fed.R.Civ.P. 30(b)(6) made applicable
in bankruptcy cases and proceedings by Rules 1018, 7030, and 9014, Fed.R.Bankr.P.
ISSUING OFFICER SIGNATURE AND TITLE
DATE
ISSUING OFFICER'S NAME, ADDRESS AND PHONE NUMBER
*If the bankruptcy case is pending in a district other than the district in which the subpoena is issued, state the district under the case number.
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PROOF OF SERVICE
DATE
PLACE
SERVED
SERVED ON (PRINT NAME)
MANNER OF SERVICE
SERVED BY (PRINT NAME)
TITLE
DECLARATION OF SERVER
I declare under penalty of perjury under the laws of the United States of America that the foregoing information
contained in the Proof of Service is true and correct.
Executed on
(Date)
(Typed Name and Signature of Server)
(Address)
(City, State, ZIP Code)
Rule 45, Fed.R.Civ.P., Subdivisions (c), (d), and (e), as amended on December 1, 2007, made applicable in cases under the Bankruptcy Code by Rule 9016, Fed.R.Bankr.P.:
(c) Protecting a person Subject to a Subpoena.
(1) Avoiding Undue Burden or Expense; Sanctions. A party or attorney
responsible for issuing and serving a subpoena must take reasonable steps to
avoid imposing undue burden or expense on a person subject to the subpoena.
The issuing court must enforce this duty and impose an appropriate sanctions —
which may include lost earnings and reasonable attorney’s fees — on a party or
attorney who fails to comply.
(2) Command to Produce Materials or Permit Inspection.
(A) Appearance Not Required. A person commanded to produce
documents, electronically stored information, or tangible things, or to permit the
inspection of premises, need not appear in person at the place of production or
inspection unless also commanded to appear for a deposition, hearing, or trial.
(B) Objections. A person commanded to produce documents or tangible
things or to permit inspection may serve on the party or attorney designated in the
subpoena a written objection to inspecting, copying, testing or sampling any or all
of the materials or to inspecting the premises — or to producing electronically
stored information in the form or forms requested. The objection must be served
before the earlier of the time specified for compliance or 14 days after the
subpoena is served. If an objection is made, the following rules apply:
(i) At any time, on notice to the commanded person, the serving
party may move the issuing court for an order compelling production or
inspection.
(ii) These acts may be required only as directed in the order, and the
order must protect a person who is neither a party nor a party’s officer from
significant expense resulting from compliance.
(3) Quashing or Modifying a Subpoena.
(A) When Required. On timely motion, the issuing court must quash or
modify a subpoena that:
(i) fails to allow a reasonable time to comply;
(ii) requires a person who is neither a party nor a party’s officer to
travel more than 100 miles from where that person resides, is employed, or
regularly transacts business in person — except that, subject to Rule
45(c)(3)(B)(iii), the person may be commanded to attend a trial by traveling from
any such place within the state where the trial is held;
(iii) requires disclosure of privileged or other protected matter, if no
exception or waiver applies; or
(iv) subjects a person to undue burden.
(B) When permitted. To protect a person subject to or affected by a
subpoena, the issuing court may, on motion, quash or modify the subpoena if it
requires;
(i) disclosing a trade secret or other confidential research,
development, or commercial information;
(ii) disclosing an unretained expert’s opinion or information that
does not describe specific occurrences in dispute and results from the expert’s
study that was not requested by a party; or
(iii) a person who is neither a party nor a party’s officer to incur
substantial expense to travel more than 100 miles to attend trial.
(C) Specifying conditions as an Alternative. In the circumstances
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described in Rule 45(c)(3)(B), the court may, instead of quashing or modifying a
subpoena, order appearance or production under specified conditions if the serving
party;
(i) shows a substantial need for the testimony or material that cannot be
otherwise met without undue hardship; and
(ii) ensures that the subpoenaed person will be reasonably compensated.
(d) Duties in Responding to a Subpoena.
(1) Producing Documents or Electronically Stored Information. These procedures
apply to producing documents or electronically stored information:
(A) Documents. A person responding to a subpoena to produce documents
must produce them as they are kept in the ordinary course of business or must organize
and label them to correspond to the categories in the demand.
(B) Form for Producing Electronically Stored Information Not Specified. If a
subpoena does not specify a form for producing electronically stored information, the
person responding must produce it in a form or forms in which it is ordinarily maintained
or in a reasonably usable form or forms.
(C) Electronically Stored Information Produced in Only One Form. The person
responding need not produce the same electronically stored information in more than
one form.
(D) Inaccessible Electronically Stored Information. The person responding
need not provide discovery of electronically stored information from sources that the
person identified as not reasonably accessible because of undue burden or cost. On
motion to compel discovery or for a protective order, the person responding must show
that the information 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) Claiming Privilege or Protection.
(A) Information Withheld. A person withholding subpoenaed information under
a claim that it is privileged or subject to protection as trial-preparation material must:
(i) expressly make the claim; and
(ii) describe the nature of the withheld documents, communications, or
tangible things in a manner that, without revealing information itself privileged or
protected, will enable the parties to assess the claim.
(B) Information Produced. If information produced in response to a subpoena
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 party must promptly return, sequester, or destroy the
specified information and any copies it has; must not use or disclose the information
until the claim is resolved; must take reasonable steps to retrieve the information if the
party disclosed it before being notified; and may promptly present the information to the
court under seal for a determination of the claim. The person who produced the
information must preserve the information until the claim is resolved.
(e) Contempt.
The issuing court may hold in contempt a person who, having been served, fails without
adequate excuse to obey the subpoena. A nonparty’s failure to obey must be excused
if the subpoena purports to require the nonparty to attend or produce at a place outside
the limits of Rule 45(c)(3)(A)(ii).
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