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Nature of Suit Code: 555
Nature of Suit: Prisoner - Prison Condition
Cause of Action: 42:1983 Prisoner Civil Rights

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE MIDDLE DISTRICT OF ALABAMA

 NORTHERN DIVISION

______________________________

DONALD W. YOUNG, #157 063 *

Plaintiff, *

 v. * 2:06-CV-282-MHT

 (WO)

RICHARD ALLEN, et al., *

Defendants. * 

 ______________________________

ORDER ON MOTION

Plaintiff has filed a Motion for Leave to File Discovery. The court has reviewed

Plaintiff’s proposed discovery request. In light of that review, the undersigned concludes

that the pending motion shall be denied. 

The documents and/or information requested in Plaintiff’s proposed discovery request

are either cumulative of information already provided by Defendants, irrelevant, and/or

unnecessary to a determination of the issue pending before this court. Furthermore, Rule 56,

F.R.Civ.P., does not condone fishing expeditions through agency files searching for

documents which might confirm a party's information and/or belief, see Lesley v. Whetsel,

110 Fed. Appx. 851, 853 (10th Cir. 2004), or "where a plaintiff merely hopes to uncover

some possible evidence of a constitutional violation." Duffy v. Wolle, 123 F.3d 1026, 1041

(8th Cir. 1997). Plaintiff’s proposed request for discovery, however, may be reconsidered

if warranted by further developments in this case.

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Accordingly, it is 

ORDERED that Plaintiff’s Motion for Leave to File Discovery (Doc. No. 39) be and

is hereby DENIED. 

Done this 15 day of March, 2007. th

 /s/Charles S. Coody 

CHARLES S. COODY

CHIEF UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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