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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

MATTHEW V. SALINAS,

 Plaintiff,

 vs.

KENNETH J. POGUE, et al.,

 Defendants.

1:16-cv-00520-GSA-PC

 

ORDER GRANTING REQUEST FOR 

COPIES

(ECF No. 19.)

ORDER DIRECTING CLERK TO 

SEND PLAINTIFF COPY OF 

COMPLAINT (ECF No. 1) AND COPY 

OF DOCKET SHEET

Matthew V. Salinas (“Plaintiff”) is a state prisoner proceeding pro se and in forma 

pauperis with this civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. On April 4, 2016, Plaintiff 

filed the Complaint commencing this action. (ECF No. 1.)

On September 2, 2016, Plaintiff filed a request for a copy of his Complaint and a copy 

of the docket sheet for this case. (ECF No. 19.) Plaintiff asserts that since he filed the 

Complaint, he has been moved three times to other prisons, and prison officials have lost his

personal property, which contained his only copy of the Complaint.

Plaintiff is advised that the Clerk does not ordinarily provide free copies of case 

documents to parties. The Clerk charges $.50 per page for copies of documents. See 28 U.S.C. 

' 1914(a). Copies of up to twenty pages may be made by the Clerk's Office at this Court upon 

written request and prepayment of the copy fees. The fact that the Court has granted leave for 

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Plaintiff to proceed in forma pauperis does not entitled him to free copies of documents from 

the Court. However, in light of the fact that Plaintiff lost his only copy of the Complaint 

through no fault of his own, and Plaintiff’s Complaint is not voluminous, the Court shall make 

a one-time exception and provide Plaintiff with a free copy of his Complaint and a copy of the 

docket sheet for this case.

Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that:

1. Plaintiff's request for copies of his Complaint and docket sheet is GRANTED; 

and

2. The Clerk is DIRECTED to send Plaintiff a copy of the Complaint filed on April 

14, 2016 (ECF No. 1) and a copy of the docket sheet for this case.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: October 31, 2016 /s/ Gary S. Austin 

 UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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