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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

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

RAHN GREGORY THOMPSON,

Plaintiff,

v.

C. PFEIFFER, et al.,

Defendants.

No. 1:20-cv-01619 ADA GSA (PC)

ORDER DENYING PLAINTIFF’S MOTION 

FOR RETURN OF ALL EXHIBITS

(ECF No. 35)

Plaintiff has filed a motion requesting that the court return all exhibits that he mailed to 

the court in October of 2020. ECF No. 35 at 2. For the reasons stated below, the motion will be 

denied.

First, a review of the record indicates that Plaintiff’s complaint was filed in this matter on 

October 21, 2020.

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 ECF No. 1 at 14. It was then docketed on November 16, 2020. No exhibits 

were attached to the complaint. See generally ECF No. 1.

Next, even if Plaintiff is mistaken with respect to the date any exhibits were filed, none of 

the documents Plaintiff filed in 2020 have exhibits attached to them. See ECF Nos. 1, 2, 4 

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 The signing date of a pleading is the earliest possible filing date pursuant to the mailbox rule. 

See Roberts v. Marshall, 627 F.3d 768, 769 n.1 (9th Cir. 2010) (stating constructive filing date for 

prisoner giving pleading to prison authorities is date pleading is signed); Jenkins v. Johnson, 330 

F.3d 1146, 1149 n.2 (9th Cir. 2003), overruled on other grounds by Pace v. DiGuglielmo, 544 

U.S. 408 (2005).

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(complaint; in forma pauperis application; prisoner trust fund account statement, respectively). In 

any event, there is a charge of $0.50 per page for copies of documents. Copies of documents up 

to twenty-five pages may be requested from the Clerk of Court in writing and with prepayment of 

copy fees. See 28 U.S.C. § 1914(b). Therefore, should Plaintiff eventually correctly identify

which documents on the docket he would like photocopied, he should send his request along with 

the correct payment as directed herein.

Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that Plaintiff’s Motion for Return of All 

Exhibits (ECF No. 35) is DENIED.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: October 11, 2023 /s/ Gary S. Austin 

 UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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