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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

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

ALLEN HAMMLER,

Plaintiff,

v.

REGINA JOHNSON, et al., 

Defendants.

Case No. 2:22-cv-01252-KJM-JDP (PC)

ORDER 

On May 19, 2023, plaintiff filed a request for a courtesy copy of his complaint. ECF 

No. 15. In response to plaintiff’s request, the Clerk of Court sent him a response that read, “The 

Clerk’s Office will provide copies of documents and of the docket sheet at $.50 per page. [ECF 

No.] 11 First Amended Complaint is 50 pages.” See ECF No. 15 (docket text). Plaintiff has 

since filed a motion seeking an “official ruling” from the court on his request for a courtesy copy. 

ECF No. 16. That motion is denied. The Clerk’s Office properly responded to plaintiff’s request 

and notified him that copies would be provided upon payment of the associated cost. See 28 

U.S.C. § 1914; United States v. MacCollom, 426 U.S. 317, 321 (1976) (holding that “the 

expenditure of public funds [on behalf of an indigent litigant] is proper only when authorized by 

Congress . . . .”); cf. Delphine v. Morley, No. 1:19-cv-01076-JLT-SKO (PC), 2023 WL 266524, at 

*1 (E.D. Cal. Jan. 18, 2023) (observing that the in forma pauperis statute “does give courts the 

authority to order the payment of a plaintiff’s associated court costs, either by the Court or over 

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time by the plaintiff”).

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: June 5, 2023 

JEREMY D. PETERSON

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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