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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

RUBEN ODELL BOULWARE,

Plaintiff,

v.

“GREEN WALL GANG,” et. al.,

Defendants.

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CV F 05-1565 REC LJO P 

ORDER DIRECTING CLERK OF COURT TO

RETURN LODGED DOCUMENTS TO

PLAINTIFF 

 Ruben Odell Boulware (“Plaintiff”) is a state prisoner proceeding pro se in this civil

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

This case was filed on December 9, 2005. Accompanying the Complaint were several

exhibits submitted in support of the Complaint. Given the volume of the exhibits, the documents

were “lodged” rather than scanned and filed. The documents are marked Exhibits “A - L” and

are bound separately but attached by a rubber band to the Complaint. 

Following a review of the Complaint, the Court finds that the allegations made and facts

in support of the allegations are completely set forth in the Complaint itself and the lodged

Exhibits appear to be merely evidentiary support for the claims made in the Complaint. 

However, it is inappropriate to attach exhibits to a complaint. See Rule 8, Federal Rules of Civil

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Procedure. The Court cannot also serve as a repository for the parties' evidence. Originals or

copies of evidence (i.e., prison or medical records, witness affidavits, etc.) should not be

submitted until the course of litigation brings the evidence into question (for example, on a

Motion for Summary Judgment, at trial, or when requested by the court). At this point, the

submission of evidence is premature as the Plaintiff is only required to state a prima facie claim

for relief. Accordingly, the Court will direct the Clerk of Court to return the documents to

Plaintiff for safekeeping until such time as review by the Court is necessary. 

The Court HEREBY ORDERS: 

1 The Clerk of Court is DIRECTED to return the lodged Exhibits submitted to the

Court on December 9, 2005. 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: January 18, 2006 /s/ Lawrence J. O'Neill 

b9ed48 UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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