Jackson v. Clark County

District Court, D. Nevada

Jackson v. Clark County

Trial Court Opinion

1 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 2 DISTRICT OF NEVADA

3 JOHN EDWARD JACKSON, Case No. 2:21-cv-02023-RFB-VCF

4 Plaintiff ORDER

5 v.

6 CLARK COUNTY, et al.,

7 Defendants

8 9 I. DISCUSSION 10 On May 13, 2022, the Court dismissed this pro se civil rights action without 11 prejudice based on Plaintiff’s failure to file a non-prisoner application to proceed in forma 12 pauperis or pay the full $402 filing fee. (ECF No. 12). Judgment was entered, and the 13 case was closed. (ECF No. 13). 14 On November 10, 2022, Plaintiff submitted a Motion for Filed Copies of Motions 15 and Exhibits, requesting that the Court send him copies of all “filed motions and 16 exhibits/evidence for this case.” (ECF No. 18). The Court denies this Motion. To the extent 17 that Plaintiff is seeking copies of documents filed in this case, the Court notes that there 18 is a per page charge for copy work. Copies produced from an electronic format (CM/ECF) 19 are $0.10 per page; copies produced from a physical format are $0.50 per page. An 20 inmate has no constitutional right to free photocopying. Johnson v. Moore,

948 F.2d 517

, 21 521 (9th Cir. 1991). The Court cannot provide free copies even to indigent plaintiffs, 22 because the in forma pauperis statute does not authorize the Court to pay the costs for 23 an indigent litigant’s copy requests.

28 U.S.C. § 1915

. 24 On December 7, 2022, Plaintiff submitted a Motion for a List of Filed Documents, 25 requesting that the Court send him a list of all “filed titles and document numbers” for this 26 action. (ECF No. 19). The Court grants this Motion, which it construes as a request for a 27 copy of the docket sheet. The Court will direct the Clerk of the Court to mail to Plaintiff 28 without charge a copy of the docket sheet for this case. IL. CONCLUSION 2 For the foregoing reasons, IT |S ORDERED that Plaintiff's Motion for Filed Copies of Motions and Exhibits (ECF No. 18) is denied. If Plaintiff seeks copies of documents filed in this action, he must submit a “Copy and Service Request” form to the Clerk of the 5 | Court and pay the appropriate fees. The Clerk of the Court will send Plaintiff a courtesy 6 | copy of the “Copy and Service Request” form. 7 IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that Plaintiffs Motion for a List of Filed Documents 8| (ECF No. 19) is granted. The Clerk of the Court is directed to send Plaintiff a courtesy copy of the docket sheet for this case. 10 IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that no other documents may be filed in this closed 11| case. If Plaintiff wishes to pursue his claims, he must file a complaint in a new case. 12 13 DATED THIS 9th day of December 2022. 14 15 Load ioctl 16 UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28

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