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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 

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

FREDDIE LEE WILLIAMSON, 

Plaintiff, 

v. 

CSP SOLANO MAILROOM STAFF, et 

al., 

Defendants. 

No. 2:13-cv-1978-WBS-EFB P 

ORDER 

Plaintiff, a prisoner without counsel, has filed a complaint alleging civil rights violations 

pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Pending before the court is plaintiff’s “motion of discovery.” ECF 

No. 29. 

Requests for discovery must be served on a defendant and not filed with the court. 

Pursuant to this court’s local rules, interrogatories, requests for production, requests for 

admission, and responses thereto “shall not be filed with the clerk” unless there is a proceeding 

that puts the discovery request or response at issue. See E.D. Cal. Local Rules 250.2-250.4. 

Further, when a discovery request or response is at issue, only the part of the request or response 

at issue “shall be filed.” Id. At this time, there is no proceeding before the court that requires 

plaintiff’s discovery requests for its resolution. To the contrary, the court has recommended that 

plaintiff’s second amended complaint be dismissed for failure to state a claim. See ECF No. 26. 

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Thus, there is no defendant upon whom plaintiff could properly serve a discovery request. 

Accordingly, plaintiff’s “motion of discovery” (ECF No. 29) is denied. 

DATED: May 2, 2016. 

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