(PC) Flowers v. County of Fresno et al

Filing 58

ORDER DENYING as Moot 57 Plaintiff's Motion for Service on Defendants' Counsel with Copy of Plaintiff's Scheduling and Discovery Statement, signed by Magistrate Judge Erica P. Grosjean on 07/29/2022. (Maldonado, C)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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MICHAEL DE’ANDRAE FLOWERS,

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Plaintiff,
v.
TOON, et al.,

Case No. 1:19-cv-01027-JLT-BAK (EPG) (PC)
ORDER DENYING AS MOOT PLAINTIFF’S
MOTION FOR SERVICE ON DEFENDANTS’
COUNSEL WITH COPY OF PLAINTIFF’S
SCHEDULING AND DISCOVERY
STATEMENT

Defendants.
(ECF No. 57)

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Plaintiff Michael De’Andrae Flowers is a state prisoner proceeding pro se and in forma

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pauperis in this civil rights action filed under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. On June 27, 2022, Plaintiff filed

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a scheduling and discovery statement as ordered. (ECF No. 53) Plaintiff filed the instant motion

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requesting the Court to serve Defendants’ counsel with a copy of this pleading because he has

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been unable to access the law library to make a copy for service. (ECF No. 57.)

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Under Local Rule 135, service of paper copies of pleadings filed after the complaint is not

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required on parties and attorneys registered for electronic filing under CM/ECF procedures. L.R.

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135(a). This rule provides:

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Service of Electronic Documents. “Service” as utilized in these Rules includes
electronic service as set forth in the CM/ECF procedures in these Rules. “Notice
of Electronic Filing” is a notice automatically generated by CM/ECF at the time a
document is filed with the system. This Notice will constitute automatic service of
the document on all others. This Notice will set forth the time of filing, the name
of the parties and attorney(s) filing the document, the type of document, the text
of the docket entry, the name of the parties and/or attorney(s) receiving the notice,

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and an electronic link (hyperlink) to the filed document that allows recipients to
retrieve the document automatically. Service via this electronic Notice constitutes
service pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 5(b)(2)(E).

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L.R. 135(a). Under the Court’s procedures, when Plaintiff filed his scheduling and discovery

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statement, a notice of electronic filing was automatically generated by the CM/ECF system. This

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notice gives Defendants’ attorneys access to the document and constitutes service. (Id.)

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Therefore, no further service is needed on Plaintiff’s scheduling and discovery statement or

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anything else he files with the Court.

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Accordingly, it is HEREBY ORDERED that Plaintiff’s motion requesting the Court to
serve Defendants’ counsel with a copy of the scheduling and discovery statement, (ECF No. 57),
is DENIED AS MOOT.

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IT IS SO ORDERED.
Dated:

July 29, 2022

/s/
UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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