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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

ALEX LAMOTA MARTI,

Plaintiff,

v.

M. A. BAIRES, et al.,

Defendants.

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CASE NO. 1:08-cv-00653-AWI-SKO PC

ORDER GRANTING IN PART AND

DENYING IN PART MOTION FOR

ASSISTANCE WITH TRANSCRIPT

REIMBURSEMENT FUND APPLICATION

(Doc. 68)

ORDER GRANTING MOTIONS FOR

EXTENSION OF TIME AND EXTENDING

DEADLINE REGARDING COUCH WRITTEN

DEPOSITION DEADLINE TO JULY 31, 2012

(Docs. 67 and 69)

I. Introduction

Plaintiff Alex Lamota Marti, a state prisoner proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis, filed

this civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 on May 9, 2008. On October 11, 2011, the

Court issued an order (1) denying Plaintiff’s motion for leave to depose a nonparty witness by

written questions and for the issuance of a subpoena duces tecum, and (2) granting Plaintiff thirty

days within which to make the requisite showing regarding his abilityto depose Correctional Officer

R. D. Couch by written questions. (Doc. 45.) On November 30, 2011, the Court granted Plaintiff’s

motions for an extension of time and extended the deadline to February 2, 2012. (Doc. 59.) 

On January 5, 2012, Plaintiff filed his third motion seeking an extension of time to comply

with the order, and on March 26, 2012, Plaintiff filed his fourth motion seeking an extension of time. 

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(Docs. 67, 69.) In between those dates, Plaintiff filed a motion on March 9, 2012, seeking the

Court’s assistance regarding his application to the Court Reporters Board of California. (Doc. 68.) 1

II. Motion for Assistance with Transcript Reimbursement Fund Application

Section 8030 of the California Business and Professions Code provides for a Transcript

Reimbursement Fund for low-income clients in civil cases who would otherwise be unable to afford

shorthand reporting services. Plaintiff has applied for payment from this fund to cover the cost of

Officer Couch’s deposition by written questions, which Plaintiff wishes to conduct.

On February 17, 2012, the Court Reporters Board of California (the Board) sent Plaintiff a

letter informing him that his application was received but could not be processed because he did not

include a copy of his court-approved fee waiver or a court reporter’s estimate of costs. Plaintiff

seeks assistance regarding the court-approved fee waiver, stating that he provided with his

application a copy of the Court’s order granting him leave to proceed in forma pauperis but it is

apparently not the functional equivalent of a state court fee waiver.

Plaintiff’s motion is granted in part and denied in part as follows. The Court has no

jurisdiction over or involvement in the administration of the fund from which Plaintiff seeks

payment. However, to the extent it is helpful to Plaintiff in his endeavor, the following is clarified:

Plaintiff’s application to proceed in forma pauperis and the Court’s order granting it are the federal

court’s equivalent of the fee waiver identified in the Board’s letter. The Court cannot generate any

different or additional documentation regarding the fee waiver because Plaintiff is in possession of

and has already provided the Board with a copy of the court-approved fee waiver: the order granting

Plaintiff leave to proceed in forma paupers signed on May 15, 2008, and filed on May 16, 2008.

III. Motions for Extension of Time

Plaintiff seeks a sixty-day extension of time to comply with the Court’s order requiring him

to demonstrate his ability to depose Officer Couch by written questions. Fed. R. Civ. P. 31. Good

cause having been shown, Plaintiff shall be granted an extension of time up to and including July

31, 2012.

Also pending before the Court are Plaintiff’s nine motions to compel. Briefing is complete and the

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motions are currently under review. The parties may anticipate a ruling on those motions shortly.

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 IV. Order

Based on the foregoing, it is HEREBY ORDERED that:

1. Plaintiff’s motion for assistance, filed on March 9, 2012, is granted in part and denied

in part in that further clarification has been provided but no further documentation

can be generated;

2. Plaintiff’s motions seeking an extension of the deadline to make the requisite

showing regarding his ability to depose Correctional Officer R. D. Couch by written

questions, filed on January 25, 2012, and March 26, 2012, are granted; and

3. The deadline for Plaintiff to make the requisite showing regarding his ability to

depose Officer Couch is extended to July 31, 2012.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: May 16, 2012 /s/ Sheila K. Oberto 

ie14hj UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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