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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 

TYRONE THOMPSON, 

 Plaintiff, 

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VIDURRIA, ET AL., 

 Defendants. 

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 1:14-cv-01896-LJO-BMK 

ORDER DENYING PLAINTIFF’S 

MOTION FOR AN ORDER 

COMPELLING DISCOVERY (DOC. 

72) 

ORDER DENYING PLAINTIFF’S MOTION FOR AN ORDER COMPELLING 

DISCOVERY (DOC. 72) 

Before the Court is Plaintiff Tyrone Thompson’s Motion for an Order 

Compelling Discovery (Doc. 72). He requests that Defendants “produce for 

inspection and copying . . . Plaintiff’s medical records especially the 1895 pages of 

medical information and ERMS disc[overy] they received in April 2015.” (Motion 

at 2.) 

Plaintiff has a right to inspect his medical records maintained by the 

prison. 15 C.C.R. § 3450 (“Any person . . . has the right to inspect their record.”). 

The California Code of Regulations provides for an “administrative process that 

provides prisoners with access to nonconfidential information in their central files 

and medical records.” Whitaker v. Crane, No. 2:13–cv–00505 KJM DAD P, 2014 

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WL 3895216, at *1 n.1 (E.D. Cal. Aug. 4, 2014); see 15 C.C.R. § 3450 (“Any person 

on whom the department maintains a record or file containing personal information 

has the right to inspect their record.”). This regulation authorizes Plaintiff’s access 

to his own files, which he can obtain by “submitting a request in writing pursuant to 

prison procedures.” Jacobs v. Sullivan, No. 1:05–cv–01625–LJO–GSA–PC, 2012 

WL 3704743, at *33 (E.D. Cal. 2012). 

It appears that Plaintiff is familiar with and has previously complied 

with the prison’s internal procedure for inspecting his medical record. Indeed, 

Plaintiff attached various documents from his medical record to his opposition to 

Defendants’ Motion for Summary Judgment. (Doc. 75.) The Court is confident in 

the prison’s internal procedure and orders Plaintiff to comply with that procedure to 

access the remainder of his records. 15 C.C.R. § 3450. Therefore, the Court 

denies Plaintiff’s motion for production of his medical records without prejudice to 

him first exhausting the prison’s internal procedure to obtain those documents. 

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

DATED: Honolulu, Hawaii, April 28, 2016 

Tyrone Thompson v. Vidurria, et al., 1:14-cv-01896 LJO-BMK, ORDER DENYING 

PLAINTIFF’S MOTION FOR AN ORDER COMPELLING DISCOVERY (DOC. 72). 

 /S/ Barry M. Kurren 

Barry M. Kurren

United States Magistrate Judge

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