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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

DONALD L. CAVINESS, 

Plaintiff, No. CIV S-07-1804 JAM KJM P

vs.

DR. DIAL, et al., 

Defendants. ORDER

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Plaintiff is a state prisoner proceeding pro se with a civil rights action pursuant to

42 U.S.C. § 1983. Plaintiff has been granted leave to proceed in forma pauperis pursuant to 28

U.S.C. § 1915. 

Plaintiff has filed a request for a court-appointed investigator to assist in locating

the witnesses the Marshal has been unable to serve. The expenditure of public funds on behalf

of an indigent litigant is proper only when authorized by Congress. Tedder v. Odel, 890 F.2d

210 (9th Cir. 1989). The in forma pauperis statute does not authorize the expenditure of public

funds for investigators. See 28 U.S.C. § 1915. Plaintiff may seek information through discovery

or the California Public Records Act, Calif. Gov’t. Code § 6250, et seq., in order to secure the

necessary information.

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Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that plaintiff's request for the

appointment of an investigator (docket no. 17) is denied.

DATED: May 9, 2008. 

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