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Brodigan v. Roberts, 4:18-CV-00273 JAR. (2019)

Court: District Court, E.D. Missouri Number: infdco20191024700 Visitors: 12
Filed: Oct. 21, 2019
Latest Update: Oct. 21, 2019
Summary: MEMORANDUM AND ORDER JOHN A. ROSS , District Judge . This matter is before the Court on Plaintiff David James Brodigan's Motion for a Document Subpoena (Doc. 59), Motion for Ruling (Doc. 63), and Motion for Emergency Order (Doc. 65). The crux of Plaintiff's motions is the preservation and provision of a purportedly recorded jailhouse telephone call between Plaintiff and his sister (Plaintiff variously asserts that his sister's attorney was also on the call). Plaintiff asserts that the fiv
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MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

This matter is before the Court on Plaintiff David James Brodigan's Motion for a Document Subpoena (Doc. 59), Motion for Ruling (Doc. 63), and Motion for Emergency Order (Doc. 65).

The crux of Plaintiff's motions is the preservation and provision of a purportedly recorded jailhouse telephone call between Plaintiff and his sister (Plaintiff variously asserts that his sister's attorney was also on the call). Plaintiff asserts that the five-year anniversary of the call is October 30, 2019, on which date the recording will be destroyed.

The Court finds that the call, to the extent a recording exists, is self-serving hearsay and irrelevant to the issues raised in Plaintiff's suit. Plaintiff alleges that he was denied medical care based on the cost of that care. (Doc. 1.) The Court does not see how the alleged phone call is relevant to that assertion. He "has not provided any showing, beyond mere speculation, that [the call record] will contain information that is helpful to his case." Hazlett v. City of Pine Lawn, No. 4:12-CV-1715 JAR, 2014 WL 2441372, at *9 (E.D. Mo. May 30, 2014)

Further, in the unlikely event that the content of the phone call becomes relevant to an issue in this case, Plaintiff has alternative means of introducing its substance. As such, the predicted destruction of the recording would not be unduly prejudicial.

Accordingly,

IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that Plaintiff David James Brodigan's Motion for a Document Subpoena (Doc. 59), is DENIED.

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that Plaintiff's Motion for Ruling (Doc. 63), is DENIED as moot.

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that Plaintiff's Motion for Emergency Order (Doc. 65), is DENIED.

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