Reed v. Paramo

8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA MYCHAL ANDRA REED, Case No.: 18-cv-00361-JLS-DEB 12 Plaintiff, ORDER DENYING PLAINTIFF’S v. MOTION FOR COPIES D. PARAMO, et al., 15 Defendants. [ECF No. 240] 17 Presently before the Court is pro se Plaintiff Mychal Andra Reed’s “Request for Copy of His Opposition to Magistrate[’]s Report and Recommendation.” (ECF No. 240.)

19 In his motion, Plaintiff requests that the Court send him a copy of his “opposition documents” to Magistrate Judge Butcher’s Report and Recommendation (“R&R”) so that Plaintiff “can authenticate that they are the actual documents that he sent” to the Court and verify that prison staff did not “tamper” with them. (Id. at 3–4.) Plaintiff also requests that the Court provide him with “the current status of the case.” (Id. at 5.)

24 Plaintiff’s request for a copy of his Objection to Judge Butcher’s R&R at the Court’s expense is hereby DENIED. Although Plaintiff is proceeding in forma pauperis, the statute providing authority to proceed in forma pauperis, 28 U.S.C. § 1915, does not include the right to obtain court documents without payment. See Sands v. Lewis, 889 F.2d 28 1166, 1169 (9th Cir. 1990) (per curiam) (stating that prisoners have no constitutional right || to free photocopy services), overruled on other grounds by Lewis v. Casey, 518 U.S. 343, ||350—55 (1996); see also In re Richard, 914 F.2d 1526, 1527 (6th Cir. 1990) ([28 U.S.C. ||§ 1915] does not give the litigant a right to have documents copied and returned to him at government expense.”). As to Plaintiffs status request, Plaintiff's Objection to Judge || Butcher’s R&R is pending before the Court, and the Court has taken the matter under ||submission. In due course, the Court will rule on Plaintiff's Objection.

7 IT IS SO ORDERED.

8 || Dated: November 15, 2021 . tt 9 pee Janis L. Sammartino 10 United States District Judge