Bruce v. Chaiken et al
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ORDER signed by Magistrate Judge Kendall J. Newman on 3/10/2017 DENYING plaintiff's 41 request for a free copy of his deposition transcript. (Yin, K)
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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
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FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
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VINCENT BRUCE,
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Plaintiff,
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No. 2:15-cv-0960 TLN KJN P
v.
ORDER
SHAMA CHAIKEN, et al.
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Defendants.
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Plaintiff is a state prisoner, proceeding without counsel, with a civil rights action pursuant
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to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Defendants’ summary judgment motion is pending before the court.
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On December 5, 2016, plaintiff filed a request for a free copy of his deposition transcript.
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(ECF No. 41.) On December 44, 2016, defendants filed an opposition to this request. (ECF No.
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Plaintiff must bear his own discovery costs. Tedder v. Odel, 890 F.2d 210, 211–12 (9th
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Cir. 1989) (expenditure of public funds on indigent litigants' discovery fees not authorized by
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Congress); see also Fed. R. Civ. P. 30(f)(3) (copy of deposition available to party or deponent
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only when reasonable charges paid).
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Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that plaintiff’s request for a free copy of his
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deposition transcript (ECF No. 41) is denied.
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Dated: March 10, 2017
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