Bealer v. Warden of Kern Valley State Prison

Filing 18

ORDER Regarding Plaintiff's Notice Regarding IFP 602 Administrative Appeal signed by Magistrate Judge Stanley A. Boone on 03/01/2018. (Flores, E)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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ORDER REGARDING PLAINTIFF’S NOTICE
REGARDING IFP 602 ADMINISTRATIVE
APPEAL

Plaintiff,

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Case No.: 1:17-cv-01277-SAB (PC)

ANTWOINE BEALER,

v.

[ECF No. 16]

WARDEN OF KERN VALLEY STATE
PRISON,
Defendant.

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Plaintiff Antwoine Bealer is a state prisoner proceeding pro se in a civil rights action

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pursuant to 42 U.S.C. ' 1983.
On February 26, 2018, the Court issued an order granting Plaintiff’s motion to proceed in

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forma pauperis. (ECF No. 15.)

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Currently before the Court is Plaintiff’s notice regarding IFP 602 administrative appeal,

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filed on February 26, 2018. (ECF No. 16.) Plaintiff discusses that he is continuing to attempt to

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submit information in support of his motion to proceed in forma pauperis. As noted above,

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Plaintiff’s motion has been ruled upon, and the Court requires no further filings regarding that

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matter.
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Plaintiff also states that he is enclosing his appeals, and requests that the Court make

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copies and send the originals back to him. The Court’s first informational order, served on

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Plaintiff on September 25, 2017, provides in pertinent as follows:

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A pro se plaintiff must submit all documents to the Court in paper unless the
Court orders otherwise. The Court's electronic filing and storage system generally
is available only to attorneys registered to use it. Local Rule 133(b)(2). The Clerk
will scan paper documents into the electronic court file and then discard the
paper copy. Local Rule 138(d). Accordingly, parties should never send original
exhibits to the Court.

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(ECF No. 3, at p. 3) (emphasis in original). Thus, Plaintiff’s original documents have been

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discarded pursuant to the Clerk of the Court’s usual practice.

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Further, the fact that the Court has granted leave for Plaintiff to proceed in forma pauperis

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does not entitle him to free copies of documents from the Court. Under 28 U.S.C. § 2250, the

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Clerk is not required to furnish copies without costs to an indigent plaintiff. The Court does not

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ordinarily provide free copies of case documents to parties. The Clerk of Court charges $.50 per

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page for copies of documents. See 28 U.S.C. § 1914(a). Copies of up to twenty pages may be

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made by the Clerk Office at this Court upon written request and prepayment of the copy fees.

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Plaintiff’s request for free copies will be denied at this time.
Accordingly, it is HEREBY ORDERED that Plaintiff’s request to have his original filings

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returned to him, and for free copies (ECF No. 16), is denied.

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IT IS SO ORDERED.
Dated:

March 1, 2018
UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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