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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

ROBERT MAESHACK,

Plaintiff,

v.

AVENAL STATE PRISON, et. al.,

Defendants.

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CV F 06 0065 AWI SMS P 

ORDER DENYING MOTION FOR

TRANSCRIPTS (Doc. 12.) 

 Robert Maeshack (“Plaintiff”) is a state prisoner proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis

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

On April 12, 2006, Plaintiff filed a pleading titled Motion for Transcripts wherein he

requests that this Court issue an Order requiring that the Superior Court for Kings County

provide Plaintiff with copies of transcripts submitted in his habeas case. Plaintiff states that the

Superior Court is requiring him to pay $33.00 for the copies and that they are necessary to litigate

the instant civil rights action. Further Plaintiff requests that this Court provide the Superior Court

with the required funds of $33.00 and then add that amount to the $250.00 filing fee already

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1The Court recognizes that Plaintiff states these documents are needed to litigate the action pending in this

Court. However, this is insufficient. Moreover, as the instant civil rights action is a federal action and the state

action a habeas action, there is no relationship between the two wherein the Court would ordinarily have access to

the state court documents to which Plaintiff refers. Even were that the case, this Court could not provide those

documents to Plaintiff without payment of copy fees. 

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owed to this Court. 

Plaintiff’s request must be denied. The Federal Court system and the State Court system

are two wholly separate courts. This Court cannot require the state court to provide documents

unrelated to any pending action in this Court.1 In addition, this Court cannot serve as a bank by

paying Plaintiff’s document fees to the state court and then adding that amount to the already

outstanding filing fees owed to this Court. While the Court empathizes with Plaintiff and his

financial predicament, there is simply no mechanism by which this Court can perform the actions

requested by Plaintiff. 

Accordingly, Plaintiff’s request that this Court pay Plaintiff’s document fees to the

Superior Court of Kings County is DENIED. 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: May 22, 2006 /s/ Sandra M. Snyder 

icido3 UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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