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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

DWAYNE MEREDITH,

Plaintiff,

v.

D. OVERLEY, et al.,

Defendants.

1:12-cv-00455-MJS (PC) 

ORDER DENYING MOTION FOR 

DEPOSITIONS AS MOOT

(ECF No. 102)

Plaintiff is a state prisoner proceeding pro se in a civil rights action pursuant to 42 

U.S.C. § 1983. The action proceeds on Plaintiff’s Eighth Amendment conditions of 

confinement claim against Defendants Overley, Benevidez, and Gamboa. (ECF No. 8.)

Before the Court is Plaintiff’s July 24, 2015 “Request for All Depositions 

Conducted by Defendants.” (ECF No. 102.) 

At the August 7, 2015, pretrial conference in this case, Defendants represented 

that no one but Plaintiff had been deposed in the case and that Plaintiff had been

provided a copy of his deposition transcript. Plaintiff confirmed he had received his 

deposition transcript. 

Had other depositions been taken, Plaintiff could have obtained copies upon 

payment of reasonable fees therefore under Fed. R. Civ. P. 30(f)(3). No motion would 

have been necessary. 

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(To the extent Defendant’s may have interviewed witnesses and recorded their 

statements or had the witnesses sign written statements, the same rights to copies 

would not apply.)

Accordingly, it is HEREBY ORDERED that Plaintiff’s motion for depositions (ECF 

No. 102) is DENIED AS MOOT.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: August 10, 2015 /s/Michael J. Seng 

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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