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Subpoena Can Not Be Used for Discovery Purposes​

The Second Department noted that a subpoena duces tecum may not be used for discovery purposes:

“[A] subpoena duces tecum may not be used for purposes of discovery or to ascertain the existence of evidence”…. Here, the subpoena duces tecum served by the defendants improperly sought production of certain materials that the defendants had failed to seek during the discovery process, or that had previously been the subject of an unsuccessful motion to compel disclosure. Under these circumstances, the Supreme Court properly granted the separate motions of the plaintiff and the third-party defendant to quash the subpoena duces tecum … . Wahab v Agris & Brenner, LLC, 2013 NY Slip Op 03667, 2nd Dept, 5-22-13

 

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