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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

ROBERT HACKWORTH,

Plaintiff,

v.

G. TORRES, et. al.,

Defendants.

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CV F 06-773 OWW LJO P 

ORDER DENYING MOTION REQUESTING

RETURN OF ORIGINAL EXHIBITS (Doc. 8.)

 Robert Hackworth (“Plaintiff”) is a state prisoner proceeding pro se and in forma

pauperis in this civil rights action filed pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. 

On August 28, 2006, Plaintiff filed a pleading titled “Motion Requesting That The court

Make An Order Directing the Clerks to Return Original Exhibits.” In this pleading, Plaintiff

states that he just became aware of the Local Rule which informs litigants that they should not

send original exhibits to the Court. Thus, Plaintiff is asking the Court to issue an Order directing

the Clerk of Court to return the exhibits to him. 

Plaintiff’s request is DENIED. Once documents are submitted to the Court, they become

part of the Court record. It is for this reason that litigants are advised that they should not send

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original exhibits to the Court. Although documents are retained for a period after being

electronically scanned into the Court docketing system, they are retained for the purpose of rescanning should the original scanned document be or become unreadable. In the event that

Plaintiff has not retained a copy of pleadings or exhibits he has submitted to the Court, he may

obtain them by making a request in writing to the Clerk’s Office at $.50 per page, not including

postage. Accordingly, Plaintiff’s request that the original exhibits be returned to him is

DENIED. 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: September 28, 2006 /s/ Lawrence J. O'Neill 

b9ed48 UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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