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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

EDWARD JONES,

Plaintiff,

v.

L. T. LUNDY, et al.,

Defendants.

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CASE NO. 1:03-cv-05980-AWI-NEW (DLB) PC

ORDER DENYING PLAINTIFF’S MOTION

TO COMPEL COPY OF DEPOSITION

TRANSCRIPT

(Doc. 55)

Plaintiff Edward Jones (“plaintiff”) is a state prisoner proceeding pro se and in forma

pauperis in this civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. This action is proceeding on

plaintiff’s third amended complaint, filed April 18, 2005, against defendants Lundy, Manning, and

Cadena (“defendants”) for using excessive physical force, in violation of the Eighth Amendment.

On February 8, 2007, plaintiff filed a motion seeking to compel a copy of the transcript of his

deposition, which plaintiff contends he is entitled to as part of discovery.

Plaintiff’s position that the deposition transcript is subject to discovery is incorrect. The

officer must furnish a copy of the deposition to plaintiff upon payment of reasonable charges. Fed.

R. Civ. P. 30(f)(2) (emphasis added). There is no provision under the Federal Rules of Civil

Procedure or the Local Rules for free copies of deposition transcripts. Further, the expenditure of

public funds on behalf of an indigent litigant is proper only when authorized by Congress, see Tedder

v. Odel, 890 F.2d 210 (9th Cir. 1989) (citations omitted), and the in forma pauperis statute does not

authorize the expenditure of public funds for the purpose sought by plaintiff in the instant motion.

 

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Accordingly, plaintiff’s motion to compel a copy of his deposition transcript, filed February

8, 2007, HEREBY DENIED.

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

Dated: March 21, 2007 /s/ Dennis L. Beck 

3b142a UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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