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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 

OBIE LEE CRISP, III, 

Plaintiff, 

v. 

WASCO STATE PRISON, et al., 

Defendants. 

1:13-cv-01899-AWI-SKO (PC) 

ORDER DENYING PLAINTIFF’S 

MOTIONS TO DEPOSE DEFENDANTS 

WITHOUT PREJUDICE 

(Docs. 69, 73)

Plaintiff is a prisoner proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis in this civil rights action 

pursuant to 42 U.S.C. ' 1983. On October 28, 2016, Plaintiff filed two motions seeking to 

depose all of the Defendants in this action. (Docs. 69, 73.) Defendants have neither filed 

oppositions, nor statements of non-opposition. The motions are deemed submitted. L.R. 230(l). 

If Plaintiff wishes to depose Defendants, he may do so either via audio, audiovisual, 

stenographic, or other recording method, Fed. R. Civ. P. 30(b)(3), or via written questions, Fed. 

R. Civ. P. 31. In either event, Plaintiff must first make a showing that he is able and willing to 

retain an officer to either record and transcribe the deposition (Fed. R. Civ. P. 30(b)(3)(A)), or to 

take responses to the written questions and prepare the record (Fed. R. Civ. P. 31(b)). 

The Court will direct the Clerk’s Office to send Plaintiff a copy of Rules 30 and 31 of the 

Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. If, after reviewing those rules, Plaintiff believes he is able to 

depose Defendants in compliance with either of those rules, Plaintiff shall notify the Court which 

Defendants he desires to depose and make a showing that he is able and willing to retain an 

officer for whichever type of deposition he chooses to conduct. The Court will then reconsider 

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Plaintiff’s request to depose Defendants and will determine the course of action to facilitate the 

depositions. 

Based on the foregoing, it is HEREBY ORDERED that: 

1. Plaintiff’s motions for leave of court to depose Defendants (Docs. 69, 73), filed on 

October 28, 2016, are DENIED, without prejudice; and 

2. The Clerk’s Office shall send Plaintiff a copy of Rules 30 and 31 of the Federal 

Rules of Civil Procedure. 

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

Dated: December 12, 2016 /s/ Sheila K. Oberto .

 UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE 

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