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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

SHADID AL-BARR aka

DWAYNE X. HARMON,

Plaintiff,

v.

GAIL LEWIS, et al.,

Defendants.

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CASE NO. 1:03-cv-06148-LJO-SMS PC

ORDER DENYING MOTION FOR COPY OF

DEPOSITION TRANSCRIPT

(Doc. 75)

ORDER GRANTING MOTION FOR COPY OF

MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT,

AND DIRECTING CLERK’S OFFICE TO

SERVE PLAINTIFF WITH DEFENDANTS’

MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT

(Doc. 75)

ORDER REQUIRING PLAINTIFF TO FILE

OPPOSITION OR STATEMENT OF NONOPPOSITION TO MOTION FOR SUMMARY

JUDGMENT WITHIN THIRTY DAYS

Plaintiff Shadid Al-Barr aka Dwayne X. Harmon (“plaintiff”) is proceeding pro se and in

forma pauperis in this civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. On December 27, 2006,

defendants filed a motion for summary judgment. On February 5, 2007, plaintiff filed a motion

seeking a copy of the transcript of his deposition and a copy of defendants’ motion for summary

judgment. For reasons unclear to the court, the copy of the motion defendants served on plaintiff

was returned by the postal service.

The officer before whom the deposition was conducted must furnish a copy of the deposition

to plaintiff upon payment of reasonable charges. Fed. R. Civ. P. 30(f)(2) (emphasis added).

However, there is no provision under the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure or the Local Rules for free

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copies of deposition transcripts. Further, the expenditure of public funds on behalf of an indigent

litigant is proper only when authorized by Congress, and the in forma pauperis statute does not

authorize the expenditure of public funds for the purpose sought by plaintiff in the instant motion.

See Tedder v. Odel, 890 F.2d 210 (9th Cir. 1989) (citations omitted). Therefore, plaintiff’s motion

for a free copy of the deposition transcript must be denied.

Plaintiff’s motion for a copy of defendants’ motion forsummary judgment shall be granted.

Plaintiff has thirty days from the date of service of this order within which to file an opposition or

a statement of non-opposition to defendants’ motion. 

Based on the foregoing, it is HEREBY ORDERED that:

1. Plaintiff’s motion for a free copy of the transcript of his deposition, filed February

5, 2007, is DENIED;

2. Plaintiff’s motion for a copy of defendants’ motion for summary judgment, filed

February 5, 2007, is GRANTED;

3. The Clerk’s Office shall serve plaintiff with a copy of defendants’ motion for

summary judgment; and

4. Within thirty (30) days from the date of service of this order, plaintiff shall file an

opposition or a statement of non-opposition to defendants’ motion for summary

judgment.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: March 20, 2007 /s/ Sandra M. Snyder 

icido3 UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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