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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 

JAMES CURTIS KERN, 

Plaintiff, 

v. 

SACRAMENTO COUNTY SHERIFF, et 

al., 

Defendants. 

No. 2:23-cv-0252 AC P 

ORDER 

 Plaintiff, a former county and current state prisoner proceeding pro se, has filed a motion 

for assistance obtaining his medical records from the Sacramento County Jail, which the court 

construes as a motion to compel. ECF No. 34. Although plaintiff states that he has requested his 

medical records and is being denied copies, he does not identify whether the requests were 

discovery requests made to defendant or some other form of request made to a third party.1

 

Without information about the context in which plaintiff’s request was made or the response he 

received, the court cannot determine whether an order compelling production is appropriate. 

 Any future motion to compel should include copies of the requests that plaintiff made and 

any responses that he received. 

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 Plaintiff previously requested the court order the United States Marshal to serve a subpoena for 

records and that request was denied. ECF No. 31. 

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 For the reasons stated above, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that plaintiff’s motion to 

compel (ECF No. 34) is DENIED. 

DATED: July 19, 2024 

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