Hearn v. Warden

Opinion

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 11 WILLIAM HEARN, Case No.: 22-cv-255-AGS-DDL

12 Plaintiff, ORDER GRANTING MOTION FOR 13 v. COPY OF AMENDED COMPLAINT

14 J. CEPEDA, Correction Officer – RJD; [Dkt. No. 121] L. ALFARO, Correction Officer – RJD; 15 S. BRAVO-MANCILLA,

16 Defendants. 17

18 19 Plaintiff, an inmate proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis, moves to be resent a 20 copy of his amended complaint. Dkt. No. 121. He represents “most of [his paperwork] was 21 destroyed” because of an altercation involving his previous cellmate. Id. 22 “While ‘prisoners have a constitutional right of access to the courts,’ there is no 23 constitutional right to receive photocopies free of charge.” Arellano v. Blahnik, 2020 WL 24 6319130, at *1 (S.D. Cal., Oct. 28, 2020, No. 16CV2412-CAB-MSB) (quoting Bounds v. 25 Smith, 430 U.S. 817, 821 (1977)); see also Jones v. Franzen, 697 F.2d 801, 803 (7th Cir. 26 1983) (“[B]road as the constitutional concept of liberty is, it does not include the right to 27 xerox.”)). This is no different for litigants proceeding in forma pauperis. Arellano, 2020 28 WL 6319130, at *1 (citing Hadsell v. Comm’r, 107 F.3d 750, 752 (9th Cir. 1997)). | Although the Court does not generally provide parties with copies of the pleadings, 2 given the circumstances here, the Court finds it appropriate to provide Plaintiff with a copy 3 of his amended complaint. Accordingly, Plaintiff's motion is GRANTED. The Clerk’s + || Office is ORDERED to mail Plaintiff a copy of this order along with a copy of Dkt. Nos. > (“Second Amended Complaint’) and 100 (“Order Adopting Report and 6 |! Recommendation and Granting in Part Motion to Dismiss”). Plaintiff is cautioned that the 7 || Court is not ordering the Clerk’s Office to provide Plaintiff with copies of every pleading 8 |! that he may require in the future. If Plaintiff should need copies of any court documents 9 || from the Clerk of the Court, they may be purchased at $0.50 per page. 10 11 IT IS SO ORDERED. 12 ||Dated: July 22, 2025 13 Tb lh we 14 Hon.DavidD.Leshner ——its—S 15 United States Magistrate Judge

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