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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 April 2007, this Court denied the parties’ joint motion to stay discovery as moot because no

defendant had answered yet, no party requested discovery and the Court had not issued a scheduling

order. [43.]

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

MARCUS BOVARIE,

Plaintiff,

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JAMES E. TILTON, et al.

Defendants. 

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Civil No.06cv687 JLS (NLS)

ORDER PROVIDING DEFENDANTS

WITH OPPORTUNITY TO RESPOND

TO PLAINTIFF’S REQUEST TO

BEGIN DISCOVERY

[Doc. No. 53]

Plaintiff, a California prisoner proceeding pro se, filed a request for permission to begin

discovery and to compel Defendants to respond to specific discovery requests.1 In July 2007, this Court

issued a Report and Recommendation regarding Plaintiff’s second amended complaint. The Report and

Recommendation awaits final disposition by the district judge. Therefore, the claims are not yet defined

and Defendants have not answered. Under such circumstances, the Court is reluctant to open discovery.

The Court, however, is concerned that given Plaintiff’s access to courts claim, if this case

proceeds, the law library attendance logs may be discoverable. Plaintiff says that these logs are

destroyed after 5 years, and some of the issues relevant to his access to courts claim involve law library

access dating back to 2002. The Court now asks Defendants to respond to this assertion of potential

destruction of discoverable documents. Specifically, the Court would like Defendants, by January 22,

2008, to either (1) affirm that they will not destroy any potentially relevant documents in this case,

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including law library attendance logs dating back to 2002; or (2) explain why a “discovery hold” would

not be necessary in this case.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

DATED: January 11, 2008

Hon. Nita L. Stormes

U.S. Magistrate Judge

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