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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

FEDERICO HERNANDEZ,

Plaintiff,

v.

M. HERNANDEZ, et al.,

Defendants.

CASE NO. 1:13-cv-01625-MJS (PC)

ORDER REGARDING MOTIONS

(ECF Nos. 97 & 98)

CLERK’S OFFICE TO RETURN 

DOCUMENTS TO PLAINTIFF

Plaintiff is a state prisoner proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis in this civil 

rights action brought pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. The action proceeds against 

Defendants Hernandez, Zambrano, Clark, Rodriguez, and Martin on Plaintiff’s Eighth 

Amendment excessive force claim. Trial is set for August 11, 2015. (ECF No. 86.)

Before the Court are Plaintiff’s June 26, 2015 motions regarding trial exhibits 

and initial discovery exchanges. (ECF Nos. 97 & 98.) 

The first motion purports to be Plaintiff’s exchange of trial exhibits with 

Defendants. (ECF No. 97.) Plaintiff is required to exchange these exhibits directly with 

Defendants. The Court cannot forward the documents to Defendants on Plaintiff’s 

behalf. Plaintiff’s motion will be stricken, and the Clerk’s Office will be directed to return 

the original motion and included exhibits to Plaintiff. 

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Plaintiff is reminded of his obligation to provide trial exhibits to the Court in 

compliance with the pretrial order. Pursuant to that order, Plaintiff is required to submit 

the original and five copies of all trial exhibits, along with exhibit lists, to the Court no 

later than July 21, 2015. Plaintiff’s exhibits shall be pre-marked with numbers preceded 

by the designation “P-___” (e.g., P-1, P-2). Plaintiff’s submission of a single copy, premarked in a different format, does not suffice to fulfill this obligation.

Plaintiff’s second motion purports to supplement his initial discovery exchanges 

to Defendants. (ECF No. 98.) Again, however, these exchanges should be directed to 

Defendants, and the Court will not forward the materials on Plaintiff’s behalf. Nor can 

the Court serve as a repository of the parties’ evidence. Accordingly, Plaintiff’s motion 

will be stricken, and the Clerk’s Office will be directed to return the original motion and 

included exhibits to Plaintiff. 

If Plaintiff believes his initial disclosures require supplementation, he must

produce these materials directly to Defendants. If he wishes to admit the exhibits at 

trial, he must exchange them with Defendants, and provide them to the Court, in the 

time and manner described in the pretrial order. Defendants will have the opportunity to 

object to such late disclosures, and the Court will rule on their admissibility at or prior to 

trial. 

Based on the foregoing, it is HEREBY ORDERED that Plaintiff’s motions (ECF 

Nos. 97 & 98) are STRICKEN. The Clerk’s Office is directed to return the original 

motions and included exhibits to Plaintiff.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: July 7, 2015 /s/Michael J. Seng 

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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