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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

SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

JAY G KIMPEL, Civil No. 11-cv-1084-JLS (DHB)

Plaintiff,

ORDER DENYING PLAINTIFF’S

MOTION FOR COMPLETE COPIES

OF ALL DOCKET ENTRIES

[ECF No. 66]

v.

I MARQUEZ, CDC Correctional Officer; D.

MARTINEZ, RJ Donovan State Prison; A

BUENROSTRO, RJ Donovan State Prison;

RICO, Correctional Officer, RJ Donovan State

Prison; and RINK, Lieutenant,

Defendants.

Plaintiff Jay Kimpel is a state prisoner proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis on a civil rights

action filed under 28 U.S.C. §1983. (ECF No. 1.) On April 26, 2012, Plaintiff filed a motion requesting

the Court send him a complete copy of every entry on the docket because he either does not have copies

or his copies were lost when he was transferred between correctional facilities. (ECF No. 66.) Although

Plaintiff is proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis, he is not entitled to free photocopies of every

docket entry. The Ninth Circuit and other Courts of Appeal have traditionally held that 28 U.S.C. §

1915 provides no statutory authority for federal courts to authorize waiver of witness fees or to front

other costs of litigation on behalf of an in forma pauperis litigant. Section 1915 only authorizes the

court to permit commencement of suit without prepayment of fees and costs upon a showing of

indigency. Hadsell v. Comm’r Internal Revenue Service, 107 F.3d 750, 752 (9th Cir. 1997); Dixon v.

Ylst, 990 F.2d 478, 480 (9th Cir. 1993); Tedder v. Odel, 890 F.2d 210, 211-12 (9th Cir. 1989) (per

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curiam). Further, prisoners have no constitutional right to free photocopy services. Sands v. Lewis, 886

F.2d 1166, 1169 (9th Cir. 1990) (per curiam). See Reynolds v. Wagner, 128 F.3d 166, 183 (3d Cir.1997)

("[T]here is no First Amendment right to subsidized [legal] mail or photocopying.").

IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that Plaintiff’s Motion for Complete Copies of All Docket Entries 

is DENIED. 

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED the Clerk of Court shall send Plaintiff a copy of the current docket

sheet. If Plaintiff can identify the specific docket entries he needs, and explain why he needs them, the

Court will reconsider his request. 

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

DATED: April 30, 2012

DAVID H. BARTICK

United States Magistrate Judge

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