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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

SAUL BARRIOS PEREZ,

Plaintiff,

v.

DILL, et al.,

Defendants.

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CASE NO. 1:07-cv-01794-LJO-SMS PC

ORDER ADDRESSING LETTER TO COURT

(ECF No. 75)

Plaintiff Saul Barrios Perez (“Plaintiff”) is a state prisoner proceeding pro se and in forma

pauperis in this civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. On August 15, 2011, Plaintiff filed

a letter requesting information from the Court.

Plaintiff requests information on how much time he is allowed to file an reply to Defendants’

answer to the complaint. The Federal Rules of Civil Procedure provide, in relevant part, that there

shall be a complaint, an answer, and a reply to an answer if the court orders one. Fed. R. Civ. P.

7(a). The Court has not ordered a reply to the answer and declines to make such an order. Plaintiff

may not file a reply to Defendants’ answer to the complaint.

Plaintiff has attempted to file copies of his discovery requests. Plaintiff is advised that the

Court cannot serve as a repository for the parties' evidence (i.e., prison or medical records, affidavits,

etc.). The parties may not file evidence with the court 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). Therefore, the documents have been returned to Plaintiff.

Finally, Plaintiff asks the Clerk to mail him a free copy of the Local Rules as he alleges that

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the law library at California Correctional Institution does not have a copy of the Local Rules. The

Clerk’s Office shall be directed to send five copies of the Local Rules to the Litigation Unit at

California Correctional Institution, Tehachapi.

Accordingly, it is HEREBY ORDERED that the Clerk’s Office shall serve a copy of this

order and send copies of the Local Rules to the Litigation Unit at California Correctional Institution,

Tehachapi.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: August 23, 2011 /s/ Sandra M. Snyder 

icido3 UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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