Is this a real subpoena signed off by the judge, or is it one of Orly’s “special” subpoenas?
From what I can tell, it is a real subpoena. It has at the top of the paper United States District Court for the State of Hawaii. It gives the Hawaii Dept of Health address as well as Orly’s mailing address and e-mail on it. It was signed by the Deputy Clerk of the Court.
It also gives the Civil Action number of 1:11-CU-D0402 RCL. If this action is pending in another district, state where: US DC District of Columbia.
She may be able to get to the college information through the Social Security Case instead of the Birth Certificate Case.
A Hawaiian federal court clerk signed the subpoena in support of the DC circuit court FOIA case of Taitz v. Astrue, Social Security Administration.
The rules say that "The clerk must issue a subpoena, signed but otherwise in blank, to a party who requests it. That party must complete it before service." You can even download the subpoena form from the Hawaii District Court website. There's no real reason to think a judge ever saw this one.
As far as I've been able to tell (by asking lawyers), when the Hawaii DOH says "No, thanks" to Orly & Co., she can then ask the judge for a motion to compel them to comply. In turn, they could ask for a motion to quash. Etc., etc. The upshot is, I'm pretty sure she's a long way from getting to see anything.