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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

AHKEEM WILLIAMS,

Plaintiff,

v.

KIM PEDRIERO, et al.,

Defendants.

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Case No. 1:12-cv-00606-SKO (PC)

ORDER PROVIDING PLAINTIFF THIRTY 

DAYS WITHIN WHICH TO RESPOND TO 

DEFENDANTS’ REQUEST FOR 

REASONABLE EXPENSES INCURRED IN 

OPPOSING MOTION TO COMPEL

(Docs. 84 and 87)

ORDER DENYING DEFENDANTS’ 

MOTION FOR REASONABLE EXPENSES 

INCURRED IN OPPOSING FOIA MOTION

(Docs. 85 and 88)

Plaintiff Akheem Williams (“Plaintiff”), a former state prisoner proceeding pro se and in 

forma pauperis, filed this civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 on April 17, 2012. This 

action is proceeding against Defendants Garcia, Valdez, Cortez, Silva, Castro, Day, Stepp, Collier, 

Torres, Delia, Jr., and Tordsen (“Defendants”) for use of excessive physical force, in violation of 

the United States Constitution. 

In separate orders issued concurrently with this order, the Court denied Plaintiff’s motion 

to compel and Plaintiff’s Freedom of Information Act (“FOIA”) motion. Defendants opposed 

both motions and they seek reasonable attorney’s fees incurred in opposing the motions. Fed. R. 

Civ. P. 37.

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If a motion to compel is denied, the Court shall require the movant to pay the party who 

opposed the motion its reasonable expenses incurred in opposing the motion, including attorney’s 

fees. Fed. R. Civ. P. 37(a)(5)(B) (quotation marks omitted). Before doing so, the Court must 

provide an opportunity to be heard and the Court shall not order payment if circumstances make 

an award of expenses unjust. Fed. R. Civ. P. 37(a)(5)(B) (quotation marks omitted). In this case, 

Defendants seek attorney’s fees in the amount of $360.00, incurred in opposing Plaintiff’s motion 

to compel filed on February 5, 2014. Plaintiff shall have thirty days within which to respond.

With respect to the FOIA motion, while it lacked merit, it was not a motion to compel and 

it was not construed as such. Therefore, Defendants are not entitled to recover expenses under 

Rule 37(a)(5)(B).

Based on the foregoing, it is HEREBY ORDERED that:

1. Plaintiff has thirty (30) days from the date of service of this order within which to 

file a response to Defendants’ request for reasonable expenses in the amount of $360.00, incurred 

in opposing his most recent motion to compel; and

2. Defendants’ request for reasonable expenses in opposing Plaintiff’s FOIA motion 

is DENIED.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: March 18, 2014 /s/ Sheila K. Oberto 

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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