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Nature of Suit Code: 530
Nature of Suit: Prisoner Petitions - Habeas Corpus
Cause of Action: 28:2254 Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus (State)

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE DISTRICT OF ARIZONA

Arthur Lucero,

 Petitioner,

vs.

Meg Savage, et al.,

 Respondents.

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No. CV-05-2207-PHX-PGR

 

 ORDER

 

The petitioner filed a petition for a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28

U.S.C. § 2254 on July 26, 2005, and the Court entered its order of dismissal and

its judgment of dismissal on February 14, 2006. The petitioner did not file a

notice of appeal.

Pending before the Court is the petitioner’s Motion for Copies of Rulings on

all Writ of Habeas Corpus, filed December 16, 2011, wherein he requests that the

Court provide him with copies of its rulings concerning his habeas petition “so that

the petitioner can further his appeal properly.” To the extent that the petitioner is

requesting that the Court provide him with free copies of the requested

documents, the Court will deny his motion because the petitioner has no

constitutional right to have the Court provide with photocopies at no charge, cf. 

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 The petitioner is advised that the Magistrate Judge’s Report and

Recommendation (Doc. 5, entered on December 7, 2005) is 13 pages long, the

Court’s order adopting the Report and Recommendation (Doc. 6, entered on

February 14, 2006) is 2 pages long, and the Court’s judgment (Doc. 7, entered on

February 14, 2006) is 1 page long.

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Sands v. Lewis, 886 F.2d 1166, 1169 (9th Cir.1990) (Court noted that “numerous

courts have rejected any constitutional right to free and unlimited photocopying”

by prisoners), the fact that he was permitted to file his § 2254 petition in forma

pauperis does not entitle him to free copies of documents in the Court’s file, see

e.g., In re Richard, 914 F.2d 1526, 1527 (6th Cir.1990) (Court concluded that 28

U.S.C. § 1915, the in forma pauperis statute, “does not give the [prisoner] litigant

a right to have documents copied and returned to him at government expense[,]”

and he has not demonstrated any need for the requested copies given the

procedural posture of this long-closed case. If the petitioner wishes to have

copies of the Court’s previous rulings provided to him at his expense, he may

contact the Clerk of the Court to determine what the photocopying-related costs

would be under the District Court Miscellaneous Fee Schedule. To assist the

petitioner, the Court will direct the Clerk of the Court, this one time, to provide the

petitioner with a free copy of the docket sheet of this action.1

Also pending before the Court is the petitioner’s Motion to Confirm Ruling

on all Writ of Habeas Corpus, filed December 16, 2011, wherein the petitioner

asks the Court to “confirm these rulings so that the petitioner can further his

appeal properly.” The Court does not understand what the petitioner is

requesting as there is nothing to confirm - the Court dismissed this action on

February 14, 2006 and that dismissal stands. If the petitioner is requesting that

the Court vacate and reissue its judgment so that the petitioner may now timely

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appeal it, the Court refuses to do so. Therefore, 

IT IS ORDERED that the petitioner’s Motion for Copies of Rulings on all

Writ of Habeas Corpus (Doc. 9) is denied except to the extent that the Clerk of

the Court shall mail to the petitioner at no charge a copy of the docket sheet of

this action.

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the petitioner’s Motion to Confirm Ruling

on all Writ of Habeas Corpus (Doc. 10) is denied.

DATED this 20th day of December, 2011.

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