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Nature of Suit Code: 550
Nature of Suit: Prisoner - Civil Rights (U.S. defendant)
Cause of Action: 42:1983 Prisoner Civil Rights

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

LEE SWAFFORD, 

Plaintiff, 

v. 

R. NEUSHMID, et al., 

Defendants. 

No. 2:19-cv-0721 AC P 

ORDER 

 Plaintiff, a state prisoner proceeding pro se with a civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. 

§ 1983, has filed a motion for discovery. ECF No. 42. It is unclear precisely what discovery 

plaintiff is seeking, but it appears that he may be requesting copies of documents used as exhibits 

during his deposition. Id. To extent plaintiff is seeking copies of the deposition exhibits, that 

request will be granted and defendants will be required to provide him with copies of any 

documents that were attached as exhibits to the deposition. To the extent plaintiff is seeking a 

copy of the deposition transcript, the request will be denied. Defendants are only required to 

provide plaintiff with a complete copy of the deposition if they provide a courtesy copy of the 

deposition to the court through email, which they have not done in this case. L.R. 133(j). 

 Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that plaintiff’s motion for discovery, ECF No. 

42, is granted in part. Within twenty-one days of the service of this order, defendants shall serve 

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plaintiff with copies of any exhibits to his deposition, if they have not already provided him with 

copies. The motion is otherwise denied. 

 IT IS SO ORDERED. 

DATED: March 19, 2020 

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