Legal Opinion
Hudson v. Ingalls Shipbuilding Division, Litton Systems, Inc.
District Court, S.D. Alabama
Decided June 18, 1981No. Civ. A. 80-0760-HPublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER
HAND, District Judge.
The motion which Travis Hudson made on June 8,1981 to subpoena Willie L. Ransom to testify in his behalf in this Title VII action is denied. No statutory provisions allow this Court to subpoena witnesses in a civil case at the government’s expense where the plaintiff is proceeding in forma pauperis unless that case is a habeas corpus petition or a motion to reduce, vacate, or modify a sentence under 28 U.S.C. § 2255. Marks v. Calendine, 80 F.R.D. 24 (N.D.W.V. 1978); 53 Comp.Gen. 638, 643-45 (1974). 1
Local Rule 18 is consistently read with the absence of statutory…
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- Cooper v. PateSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
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3Cited by7 opinions
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