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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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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

LARRY GIRALDES, No. CIV S-06-2277-MCE-CMK-P

Plaintiff, 

vs. ORDER

ROCHE, et al.,

Defendants.

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Plaintiff, a state prisoner proceeding pro se, brings this civil rights action pursuant

to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Pending before the court is plaintiff’s motion to compel (Doc. 22), filed on

May 17, 2007. 

In his motion, plaintiff documents informal attempts he has made to review his

prison files. He asserts that these attempts have been “thwarted” by defendants and seeks this

court’s intervention by way of an order compelling defendants to produce his files for inspection

and copying. Plaintiff has not, however, indicated that he served any formal discovery requests

upon defendants seeking his files. The court directs plaintiff’s attention to the March 8, 2007,

order (Doc. 16) outlining the procedures for obtaining discovery through the formal mechanisms

provided by the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. Absent an indication that plaintiff has served

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a formal discovery request, the court cannot grant plaintiff’s motion to compel. 

Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that plaintiff’s motion to compel (Doc.

22) is denied. 

DATED: May 23, 2007.

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CRAIG M. KELLISON

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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