Jones v. Ballesteros et al

Filing 29

ORDER signed by Magistrate Judge Edmund F. Brennan on 07/24/12 ordering plaintiff's filing 27 is disregarded and the clerk of the court shall make a notation on the docket to that effect. (Plummer, M)

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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JEREMY JONES,
Plaintiff,

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vs.

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No. 2:10-cv-2661 EFB P

BALLESTEROS, et al.,
Defendants.

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ORDER
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Plaintiff is a state prisoner proceeding without counsel in an action brought under 42

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U.S.C. § 1983. Plaintiff has filed his requests for discovery with the court. Dckt. No. 27.

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Plaintiff is hereby informed that he must serve discovery documents on a defendant

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rather than filing them with the court. Pursuant to this court’s local rules, interrogatories,

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requests for production, requests for admission, and responses thereto “shall not be filed with the

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clerk” unless there is a proceeding that puts the discovery request or response at issue. See E.D.

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Cal. Local Rules 250.2-250.4. Further, when a discovery request or response is at issue, only the

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part of the request or response at issue “shall be filed.” Id.

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At this time, there is no proceeding before the court that requires plaintiff’s discovery

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requests for its resolution. Accordingly, plaintiff’s filing at Docket. No. 27, is disregarded and

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the Clerk of the Court shall make a notation on the docket to that effect.

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So ordered.
DATED: July 24, 2012.

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