Lightfeather v. Beatrict State Developmental Center

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF NEBRASKA AUSTIN EDWARD LIGHTFEATHER, 8:21CV116 Plaintiff, MEMORANDUM VS. AND ORDER BEATRICE STATE DEVELOPMENTAL CENTER, et al., Defendants.

Plaintiff has filed a motion requesting that he be provided “copies of [his] appeal.” (Filing 21.) The statutory right to proceed in forma pauperis does not include the right to receive copies of documents. 28 U.S.C. § 1915; see also Haymes v. Smith, 73 F.R.D. 572, 574 (W.D.N.Y. 1976) (“The generally recognized rule is that a court may not authorize the commitment of federal funds to underwrite the necessary expenditures of an indigent civil litigant’s action.”) (citing Tyler v. Lark, 472 F.2d 1077, 1078 (8th Cir. 1973)).

IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED that Plaintiffs motion for copies (Filing 21) is denied.

Dated this 30th day of July 2021.

BY THE COURT: Kiuchiard G. Ke YH Richard G. “ Senior United States District Judge