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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 

Timothy Bryan Brooks,

Plaintiff, No. Civ. S 02-2166 MCE PAN P

vs. Order

California Department of

Corrections, et al.,

Defendants.

-oOoPlaintiff seeks an order prohibiting defendants from taking

his deposition because he is a prisoner prosecuting this action

without counsel and because defendants have rebuffed his attempts

to meet and confer with them pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 26(f). 

Defendants filed no opposition.

Ordinarily, before the court makes a schedule, the parties

must meet and confer to consider the claims and defenses and

discovery related thereto. Fed. R. Civ. P. 26(f). And normally, 

a party may take the deposition of any person, including a party, 

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without leave of court. Fed. R. Civ. P. 30(a)(1). But the meet

and confer provision does not apply where one party is a prisoner

without counsel and a party must obtain leave of court to take

the deposition of a prisoner. Fed. R. Civ. P. 26(a)(1)(E)(iii),

26(f), 30(a)(2). 

Since defendants need not meet and confer with plaintiff and

defendants may seek leave to take his deposition, plaintiff’s

August 17, 2005, motion is denied.

So ordered.

Dated: November 29, 2005. 

 /s/ Peter A. Nowinski 

 PETER A. NOWINSKI

 Magistrate Judge

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