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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

KENNETH MARTINEZ,

Plaintiff,

v.

J. CATHEY, SGT., et. al.,

Defendants.

 /

CV F 02 6619 REC LJO P 

ORDER STRIKING MOTION TO COMPEL

FROM RECORD (Doc. 54.) 

 Kenneth Martinez (“Plaintiff”) is a state prisoner proceeding pro se in this civil rights

action filed pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. 

On November 5, 2004, Plaintiff filed a timely Motion to Compel Answers to Plaintiff’s

first set of interrogatories. Plaintiff states that Defendant’s answers were insufficient. Plaintiff

also states that he wrote to Counsel for Defendant asking for a resolution before filing his Motion

to Compel. A close examination of the Motion, however, reveals that Plaintiff failed to served

Defendants with a copy of the Motion as no proof of service is attached to the Motion filed. 

Pursuant to the Local Rules and the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, all pleadings filed

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with the Court must be served on the opposing party. Local Rule 5-135(b); Fed.R.Civ.P. 5. 

Here, however, there is no indication that the Motion was served on Defendants. Accordingly,

the Court HEREBY ORDERS the Motion to Compel is STRICKEN from the record. 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: September 28, 2005 /s/ Lawrence J. O'Neill 

b9ed48 UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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