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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

MICHAEL ANTHONY TODD,

Plaintiff,

v.

P. JOHNSON, et al.,

Defendants.

CASE NO. 1:12-cv-02083-LJO-MJS (PC)

ORDER DENYING MOTION FOR 

TRANSCRIPT OF EVIDENTIARY 

HEARING

(ECF No. 115)

Plaintiff is a state prisoner proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis in this civil 

rights action brought pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. The action, now closed, proceeded 

against Defendants Doe, Harrington, Johnson, Norton, and Weatherford on Plaintiff’s 

Eighth Amendment failure to protect claim. An evidentiary hearing was held on May 29, 

2015 to address Plaintiff’s unsuccessful attempts to exhaust his administrative remedies. 

On August 21, 2015, the action was dismissed based on Plaintiff’s failure to exhaust 

such remedies. (ECF No. 109.) Plaintiff appealed. (ECF No. 111.)

Before the Court is Plaintiff’s September 17, 2015 motion for transcript of the 

evidentiary hearing. (ECF No. 115.) The Court construes the motion as a request for 

transcripts at government expense. 

A litigant who has been granted in forma pauperis status may move to have

transcripts produced at government expense in certain specified circumstances. See 28 

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U.S.C. § 753(f); McKinney v. Anderson, 924 F.2d 1500, 1511-12 (9th Cir. 1991).

However, Plaintiff has not been granted in forma pauperis status in this proceeding, and 

his motion sets forth no other basis for requiring transcripts to be produced at 

government expense. Accordingly, his motion will be denied. Plaintiff may renew his 

request with the Court of Appeals by filing a motion there if he wishes.

Based on the foregoing, Plaintiff’s motion for transcript of evidentiary hearing 

(ECF No. 115) is HEREBY DENIED.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: December 21, 2015 /s/Michael J. Seng 

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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