Newsgroups: alt.religion.scientology From: dennis.l.erlich@support.com Subject: WHO CAN ISSUE SUBPEON Message-ID: <9508041748.0P0UI02@support.com> References: Organization: L.A. Valley College Public BBS (818)985-7150 X-Mailer: TBBS/PIMP v3.35 Distribution: world Date: Fri, 04 Aug 95 17:48:45 -0700 Lines: 33 gazit@lear.cs.duke.edu (Hillel) Someone: >##At least in federal court, in civil cases, an attorney may issue >##deposition and trial subpoenas without the court's prior permission. Me: > Same-same as in Superior or Municipal Courts. Rod got it > rong. Hillel: >So what prevents Helena from suing every poster on a.r.s and issuing >a subpoena to Dennis to come to every trial, preferable as far away >from where Dennis leave as possible? Nothing. The scienos have done it twice before. Subpoena'd me in CAN cases I knew nothing about. They'd have to pay for travel and witness fees if I wasn't the defendant. >What are the "checks and balances"? If I refused to show up, they would have to go before a judge and assert the reason they need me. I would have to fight it. Either way there are no *prior* check and balances except the checks you send to your attornies and the balances they keep in a ledger of what you still owe. +--------------------------------------+ Rev. Dennis L Erlich * * the inFormer * * dennis.l.erlich@support.com + inForm@primenet.com "tar baby"