(PC) Ruiz v. Clark ( 2021 )

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 11 GEORGE RUIZ, Case No. 1:20-cv-00893-AWI-EPG (PC) 12 Plaintiff, 13 v. ORDER GRANTING PLAINTIFF’S MOTION REQUESTING THE COURT FOR 14 KEN CLARK, et al., ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANCE BY PROVIDING PLAINTIFF WITH A COPY OF 15 Defendants. THE SCHEDULING CONFERENCE STATEMENT 16 (ECF No. 30) 17 ORDER DIRECTING CLERK TO SEND 18 PLAINTIFF COPY OF SCHEDULING CONFERENCE STATEMENT 19 (ECF No. 31) 20 21 Plaintiff George Ruiz is a state prisoner proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis in this 22 civil rights action filed pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. On May 17, 2021, Plaintiff filed a “motion 23 requesting the Court for administrative assistance by providing Plaintiff with a copy of the 24 scheduling conference statement.” (ECF No. 30). The motion states that Plaintiff has been unable 25 to make a copy of his original scheduling conference statement (filed on May 17, 2021, at ECF 26 No. 31) because prison officials have not given him access to the law library. Plaintiff alleges 27 that, because the law library is the only place that he can make a copy of the scheduling 28 conference statement, he is asking the Court to provide him with a (presumably free) copy. 1 While Plaintiff states that he needs a copy of the scheduling conference statement so that 2 | hecan reference it at the “actual Conference Statement date that is yet to be set by this Court,” 3 | Plaintiff is reminded that the Court has vacated the initial scheduling conference and will instead 4 | “issue a scheduling order after reviewing the parties’ scheduling conference statements.” (ECF 5 | No. 26). 6 While Plaintiff does not require a copy of his scheduling conference statement for any 7 | future scheduling conference, the Court appreciates Plaintiff's desire to keep a copy of the 8 || documents he has filed with the Court. 9 Plaintiff is advised that the Clerk of Court does not ordinarily provide free copies of case 10 | documents to parties. The Clerk charges $.50 per page for copies of documents. See 28 U.S.C. 11 | § 1914(a). In this instance, in light of the fact that Plaintiff has shown a need for a copy as he has 12 | no other, Hall v. Skolnik, No. 2:10-CV-00054-JCM, 2012 WL 280684, at *3 (D. Nev. Jan. 31, 13 |} 2012), and because Plaintiff's scheduling conference statement is not voluminous, the Court will 14 | make a one-time exception and provide Plaintiff with a free copy of his original scheduling 15 | conference statement. In the future, Plaintiff must take every reasonable step available to him to 16 | retain a copy of all documents submitted to the Court and is advised that he may be required to 17 || pay for future copies should he request them from the Clerk. 18 Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that: 19 1. Plaintiff's motion requesting the Court for administrative assistance by providing 20 Plaintiff with a copy of the scheduling conference statement (ECF No. 30) is granted; 21 and 22 2. The Clerk of Court is directed to send Plaintiff a free copy of Plaintiff's original 23 scheduling conference statement. (ECF No. 31). 24 95 IT IS SO ORDERED. 26 | Dated: _ May 18, 2021 [Je hey UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE 28 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28