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Parties Involved:
Roberto Herrera
Plaintiff
Rouch
Defendant

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

ROBERTO HERRERA,

Plaintiff,

v.

ROUCH,

Defendant.

CASE NO. 1:13-cv-00289-LJO-MJS

ORDER DENYING MOTION FOR 

MEDICAL EXAMINATION

(ECF NO. 28)

Plaintiff Roberto Herrera is a state prisoner proceeding pro se and in forma 

pauperis in this civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. (ECF No. 1.) The 

operative pleading is Plaintiff’s Second Amended Complaint, filed August 28, 2013 (ECF 

No. 17), against Defendant Rouch for deliberate indifference to Plaintiff’s serious medical 

need in violation of the Eighth Amendment.

On December 6, 2013, Plaintiff filed a motion seeking a medical examination 

pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 35. Rule 35 provides in relevant part:

The court where the action is pending may order a party 

whose mental or physical condition . . . is in controversy to 

submit to a physical or mental examination by a suitably 

licensed or certified examiner.

Here, Plaintiff seeks an order for his own examination. Rule 35 allows a movant 

to request examination of an opposing party whose mental or physical condition is in 

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controversy, not for a party to request his own examination to support his claims. Berg 

v. Prison Health Services, 376 F. App’x. 723, 724 (9th Cir. 2010), cert. denied, 131 S.Ct. 

323 (Oct. 4, 2010) (“Rule 35 does not allow for a physical examination of oneself”).

Accordingly, Plaintiff’s motion seeking a medical examination (ECF No. 28) is 

DENIED, with prejudice.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: December 28, 2013 /s/Michael J. Seng 

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE DEAC _Signature- END:

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