Cowart v. Rahman et al

Filing 74

ORDER GRANTING 72 Motion for Copies of Exhibits upon his prepayment of copying fee of $47.50, signed by Magistrate Judge Sheila K. Oberto on 05/9/18. (Martin-Gill, S)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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GARDELL COWART,

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Plaintiff,

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ORDER ON PLAINTIFF’S
REQUEST FOR COPIES

v.

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No. 1:16-cv-00004-AWI-SKO (PC)

RAHMAN, et al.,

(Doc. 72)
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Defendants.

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Plaintiff, Gardell Cowart, is a state prisoner proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis in

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this civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. On April 9, 2018, Plaintiff filed a motion

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requesting copies of documents which he submitted as exhibits to eight of his filings in this

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action. (Doc. 72.) Specifically, Plaintiff indicates that he submitted original documents and

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requests copies of the exhibits to Docs. 15, 16, 20, 22, 25, 64, 65, as well as the exhibits to his

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motion for summary judgment—Doc. 58. (Id.)

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Plaintiff was informed in the First Informational Order that original exhibits should never

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be sent to the Court as the Clerk “will scan paper documents into the electronic court file and

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then discard the paper copy.” (Doc. 3, p. 2 (emphasis in original).) Thus, the originals of

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Plaintiff’s exhibits have been discarded and cannot be returned to him. The Clerk’s Office will

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provide copies of documents from the docket sheet at a cost of $0.50 per page. Plaintiff’s in

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forma pauperis status does not obviate the requirement to pay such copy costs. Plaintiff requests

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copies of an aggregate of ninety-five (95)1 pages of exhibits. At $0.50 per page, the total cost for

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these copies is $47.50.

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Accordingly, Plaintiff’s motion for copies of exhibits, filed on April 9, 2018, (Doc. 72), is

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HEREBY GRANTED in as much as the pages of exhibits Plaintiff seeks will be copied and sent

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to him upon his prepayment of the copying fee of $47.50.

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IT IS SO ORDERED.
Dated:

May 9, 2018

/s/

Sheila K. Oberto

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UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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Docs. 15 and 20 have no exhibits. Docs. 64 and 65 are orders and do not contain any exhibits. Doc. 16 has five
pages of exhibits at pages 5-9. Doc. 22 has two pages of exhibits at pages 7 & 8. Doc. 25 has six pages of exhibits at
pages 7-12. Plaintiff’s motion for summary judgment, Doc. 58 has eighty-two (82) pages of exhibits at pages 16-97.

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