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Nature of Suit Code: 555
Nature of Suit: Prisoner - Prison Condition
Cause of Action: 42:1983 Prisoner Civil Rights

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE DISTRICT OF ARIZONA

Sherman Terrell Pruitt,

Plaintiff,

v. 

Charles L. Ryan, et al.,

Defendants.

No. CV-13-02357-PHX-DJH (ESW)

ORDER

Plaintiff filed a pro se civil rights Complaint pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 on 

November 15, 2013 (Doc. 1). All issues were joined on April 15, 2015 (Docs. 21, 22, 

23). Plaintiff alleges a violation of his Eighth Amendment right to constitutionally 

adequate medical care. Pending before the Court is Plaintiff’s First Request for 

Production of Documents (Doc. 51) which the Clerk of Court has docketed as a “Motion 

to Produce Documents.” 

Federal Rules of Civil Procedure Rule 5(d) states that “the following discovery

requests and responses must not be filed until they are used in the proceeding or the

court orders filing: depositions, interrogatories, requests for documents or tangible

things or to permit entry onto land, and requests for admission.” LRCiv 5.2 provides that

“[a] ‘Notice of Service’ of the disclosures and discovery requests and responses listed in

Rule 5(d) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure must be filed within a reasonable time

after service of such papers.”

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Plaintiff propounds a number of requests for production in his document filed on 

January 14, 2016 (Doc. 51), which the Clerk of Court has docketed as a “Motion to 

Produce Documents by Sherman Terrell Pruitt.” Plaintiff has not “used” these 

discovery requests in the proceeding (e.g. by relying upon responses in support of a 

motion, supporting a motion to compel, etc.). Therefore, Plaintiff’s filing of the

actual discovery requests instead of a “Notice of Service” is in violation of LRCiv 

5.2 and Rule 5(d) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. Accordingly, the 

document docketed as “Motion to Produce Documents by Sherman Terrell Pruitt” (Doc. 

51) will be stricken.

The Court deems the January 14, 2016 filing date of Plaintiff’s First Request for 

Production of Documents (Doc. 51) to be the date of service on Defendants. By 

February 17, 2016, Plaintiff shall file a Notice of Service in compliance with LRCiv 5.2 

indicating that on January 14, 2016, Plaintiff served the First Request for Production of 

Documents on Defendants. 

For the reasons set forth above, 

IT IS ORDERED striking Plaintiff’s First Request for Production of Documents, 

docketed as “Motion to Produce Documents by Sherman Terrell Pruitt.” (Doc. 51). 

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that by February 17, 2016, Plaintiff shall file a 

Notice of Service in compliance with LRCiv 5.2 indicating that on January 14, 2016, 

Plaintiff served the First Request for Production of Documents on Defendants. 

Dated this 3rd day of February, 2016. 

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