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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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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

LARRY EDWARDS,

Plaintiff, No. CIV S-05-1353 LKK DAD P

vs.

TOM L. CAREY, et al.,

Defendants. ORDER

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Plaintiff has filed a request for production of documents. Plaintiff previously filed

a motion for an order compelling defendants to produce documents for inspection and copying. 

The motion was denied by order filed May 3, 2006, because it did not appear that plaintiff had

served a request for production of documents pursuant to Rule 34 of the Federal Rules of Civil

Procedure.

In the May 3, 2006 order, the court advised plaintiff that the parties do not need

the court’s permission before they serve discovery requests on each other. The court reminded

plaintiff that

[p]ursuant to the Discovery Order filed in this action on January 9,

2006, responses to properly served discovery requests are due

forty-five days after the discovery request is first served. The

parties have been ordered not to file copies of their discovery

requests and responses unless it becomes necessary to make a

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 Plaintiff is also cautioned that discovery requests served in this action may not demand 1

responses in thirty days. The Discovery Order filed on January 9, 2006, specifies that a response

to a written discovery request shall be due forty-five days after the request was first served.

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motion to compel discovery. If plaintiff serves a discovery

request and is dissatisfied with the response served by defendants,

then he may file a motion to compel discovery. In such a motion,

he must set out the facts concerning his discovery request, the

defendants’ response, the reasons for his dissatisfaction, and legal

authority for the order he seeks. A complete copy of the discovery

request at issue, as well as a complete copy of defendants’ response

to it, should be attached to the motion to compel.

(Order filed May 3, 2006, at 1-2 (emphasis added.)

Despite two orders instructing plaintiff not to file copies of discovery requests and

responses except as exhibits to properly filed motions to compel, plaintiff has filed a copy of his

request for production of documents. Plaintiff is cautioned that sanctions will be imposed for a

subsequent violation of the court’s orders prohibiting the filing of discovery requests and

responses except as provided in those orders.

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Accordingly, IT IS ORDERED that plaintiff’s June 20, 2006 request for

production of documents will be disregarded.

DATED: June 27, 2006.

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