(PC) Brookins v. Acosta

8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA BARRY L. BROOKINS, Case No. 1:19-cv-00401-JLT-HBK 12 Plaintiff, ORDER DENYING MOTION FOR COPY 13 v. (Doc. No. 27) F. ACOSTA, 15 Defendant.

17 Pending is Plaintiff’s motion requesting a courtesy copy of the “first amended complaint” dated “March 25, 2019.” (Doc. No. 27 at 1). Plaintiff provides no reason why he requires a copy of the pleading requested.

20 Plaintiff’s request for a copy of his first amended complaint, or a copy of any pleading, should be directed to the clerk’s office, not to the court via a motion. Plaintiff is reminded that “proceeding in forma pauperis does not entitle a party to the waiver of anything other than court filing fees.” Martin v. McNut, 2011 WL 4543039, at *1 (E.D. Cal. Sept. 28, 2011). Nor does plaintiff’s pro se or prisoner status entitle him to receive complimentary copies. Blair v. CDCR, 2018 WL 1959532, at *6 f. 2 (E.D. Cal. Apr. 25, 2018). Consistent with statute, the court will provide copies of documents and the docket sheet at $0.50 per page. See 28 U.S.C. § 1914.

27 Checks in the exact amount are payable to “Clerk, USDC.”

28 A review of the docket reveals no pleading docketed on March 25, 2019 nor signed and | dated by Plaintiff on March 25, 2019. Plaintiffs imitial complaint (Doc. No. 1) was docketed on | March 28, 2019 and was signed and dated by Plaintiff on March 4, 2019. The original complaint || is comprised of 25 pages. Plaintiff's first amended complaint (Doc. No. 8) was docketed on | October 7, 2019 and was signed and dated by Plaintiff on September 27, 2019. The first amended | complaint is comprised of 83 pages. Plaintiffs operative complaint, his second amended | complaint (Doc. No. 12), was docketed on April 1, 2020 and was signed and dated by Plaintiff on | March 29, 2020. The second amended complaint is comprised of 11 pages.

8 Thus, to the extent Plaintiff wishes to obtain a copy of one of his former pleadings, he | should forward a check in the amount necessary to the Clerk with his request for the same □□□□ | multiple the number of pages by $0.50 per page).

11 Accordingly, it is hereby ORDERED: 12 Plaintiff's motion requesting a courtesy copy of the first amended complaint (Doc. No. | 27) is DENIED. ' | Dated: _ March 22, 2022 Mihaw. Wh. foareh Zaskth 16 HELENA M. BARCH-KUCHTA UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE