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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

MANUEL ANTONIO GONZALEZ III,

Plaintiff,

v.

J. RAZO, et al.,

Defendants.

_____________________________________/

Case No. 1:15-cv-01098-LJO-SKO (PC)

ORDER DENYING MOTION, WITH 

PREJUDICE, AND DIRECTING CLERK’S 

OFFICE TO RETURN EXHIBITS TO 

PLAINTIFF

(Doc. 18)

Plaintiff Manuel Antonio Gonzalez III (“Plaintiff”), a state prisoner proceeding pro se, 

filed this civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 on July 16, 2015. On August 26, 2015, 

Plaintiff submitted exhibits to his complaint and requested that they be received, stating “[he] is 

aware the exhibits will be placed on the record electronically.” (Doc. 18.)

On July 17, 2015, the Court denied Plaintiff’s motion to transfer exhibits from his closed 

case to this case. In the order, Plaintiff was informed that pleadings must be complete within 

themselves at the time of filing and no circumstances justifying deviation from the rule were 

justified. It is unclear if Plaintiff misunderstood the order or is intentionally attempting to file the 

exhibits in contravention of the prior order. Regardless, the Court cannot serve as a repository for 

the parties’ evidence, and evidence supporting Plaintiff’s pleading may not be filed separately and 

subsequent to the filing of the operative pleading.1 Local Rule 220. 

 

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If evidence is submitted, it must be filed concurrently with whatever pleading, motion, or other filing it is submitted 

in support of; it may not be filed separately and at an earlier or later date than the filing it is intended to support.

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Therefore, Plaintiff’s request that the exhibits be filed is DENIED, with prejudice, and the 

Clerk’s Office is HEREBY DIRECTED to return his exhibits.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: August 31, 2015 /s/ Sheila K. Oberto 

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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