(PC) Thompson v. Pfeiffer ( 2023 )

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 11 RAHN GREGORY THOMPSON, No. 1:20-cv-01619 ADA GSA (PC) 12 Plaintiff, 13 v. ORDER DENYING PLAINTIFF’S MOTION FOR RETURN OF ALL EXHIBITS 14 C. PFEIFFER, et al., (ECF No. 35) 15 Defendants. 16 17 Plaintiff has filed a motion requesting that the court return all exhibits that he mailed to 18 the court in October of 2020. ECF No. 35 at 2. For the reasons stated below, the motion will be 19 denied. 20 First, a review of the record indicates that Plaintiff’s complaint was filed in this matter on 21 October 21, 2020.1 ECF No. 1 at 14. It was then docketed on November 16, 2020. No exhibits 22 were attached to the complaint. See generally ECF No. 1. 23 Next, even if Plaintiff is mistaken with respect to the date any exhibits were filed, none of 24 the documents Plaintiff filed in 2020 have exhibits attached to them. See ECF Nos. 1, 2, 4 25 1 The signing date of a pleading is the earliest possible filing date pursuant to the mailbox rule. 26 See Roberts v. Marshall, 627 F.3d 768, 769 n.1 (9th Cir. 2010) (stating constructive filing date for 27 prisoner giving pleading to prison authorities is date pleading is signed); Jenkins v. Johnson, 330 F.3d 1146, 1149 n.2 (9th Cir. 2003), overruled on other grounds by Pace v. DiGuglielmo, 544 28 U.S. 408 (2005). 1 (complaint; in forma pauperis application; prisoner trust fund account statement, respectively). In 2 any event, there is a charge of $0.50 per page for copies of documents. Copies of documents up 3 to twenty-five pages may be requested from the Clerk of Court in writing and with prepayment of 4 copy fees. See 28 U.S.C. § 1914(b). Therefore, should Plaintiff eventually correctly identify 5 which documents on the docket he would like photocopied, he should send his request along with 6 the correct payment as directed herein. 7 Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that Plaintiff’s Motion for Return of All 8 Exhibits (ECF No. 35) is DENIED. 9 IT IS SO ORDERED. 10 11 Dated: October 11, 2023 /s/ Gary S. Austin UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28