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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

THETHESIUS HOSEA MOSLEY,

Plaintiff,

v.

ZEPP,

Defendant.

Case No. 1:23-cv-00421-JLT-EPG (PC)

ORDER DENYING AS UNNECESSARY 

MOTION TO INCLUDE OUTSIDE 

MEDICAL RECORDS

(ECF No. 29). 

Plaintiff Thethesius Hosea Mosley is a state prisoner proceeding pro se in this civil

rights action filed pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. This case proceeds on Plaintiff’s deliberate 

indifference claim against Defendant Zepp.

Now before the Court is Plaintiff’s “addendum motion to include outside medical records 

of operation/procedure meniscus tear,” which includes some of Plaintiff’s medical records as 

attachments. (ECF No. 29) (capitalization omitted). While unclear, it appears that Plaintiff 

believes he needs to provide the medical records to the Court as part of discovery. 

The Court will deny the motion as unnecessary. Generally, parties are required to 

exchange discovery among themselves, with discovery being filed with the Court when used to 

support a motion or used in some proceeding. See Fed. R. Civ. P. 5(d)(1)(A) (“Any paper after 

the complaint that is required to be served must be filed no later than a reasonable time after 

service. But disclosures under Rule 26(a)(1) or (2) and the following discovery requests and 

responses must not be filed until they are used in the proceeding or the court orders filing: 

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depositions, interrogatories, requests for documents or tangible things or to permit entry onto 

land, and requests for admission.”). 

Accordingly, IT IS ORDERED as follows:

1. Plaintiff’s motion to include outside medical records (ECF No. 29) is denied as 

unnecessary.

2. Plaintiff is not required to file discovery as a matter of course with the Court; rather, he 

should provide discovery directly to defense counsel.

3. Plaintiff only needs to file discovery with the Court if it is being attached as an exhibit in 

support of a motion, is being used in a court proceeding, or as otherwise directed by the 

Court.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: October 30, 2023 /s/

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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