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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

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

MICHAEL THOMAS,

Plaintiff,

v.

CHRISTIAN PFEIFFER, et al.

Defendants.

No. 1:23-cv-01232-SAB (PC)

ORDER GRANTING PLAINTIFF’S MOTION 

FOR RELIEF FROM E-FILING PAGE 

LIMITATION

(ECF No. 2)

Plaintiff is proceeding pro se in this action filed pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. 

On August 18, 2023, Plaintiff filed a motion for relief from the 25-page limitation on the 

electronic filing of his complaint. (ECF No. 2.) 

As Plaintiff is incarcerated at Kern Valley State Prison, he is subject to the Standing Order 

in Re: Procedural Rules for Electronic Submission of Prison Litigation Filed by Plaintiff’s 

incarcerated at CSP-COR. Pursuant to the standing order, which applies to initial filings: (1) new 

complaints are subject to e-filing and they may not exceed twenty-five pages in length; and (2) 

motions seeking relief from the standing order, motions for emergency relief, or motions to 

increase the page limit shall be no more than fifteen (15) pages. As a California Department of 

Corrections and Rehabilitation participating facility, no initial documents are accepted for filing 

by the Clerk of Court unless done pursuant to the standing order or the scanning equipment is 

inoperable for a period longer than forty-eight (48) hours. 

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Inasmuch as Plaintiff has paid the filing fee in full and shown good cause to exceed the 

25-page limitation, Plaintiff’s motion is granted and the Clerk of Court shall send Plaintiff a 

conformed copy of his complaint. 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: August 21, 2023 

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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