Michael Dutcher v. Trevor Foley, et al.

Opinion

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF MISSOURI EASTERN DIVISION MICHAEL DUTCHER, ) Plaintiff, vs. Case No. 4:24-cv-01257-MTS TREVOR FOLEY, et al., Defendants. ORDER IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that Plaintiff's Motion for Request for Forms, Doc. [72], is DENIED. The Court is under no duty to provide a plaintiff in a civil action with free copies of publicly available forms and documents. See United States v. Carpenter, 271 F. App’x 371, 372 (4th Cir. 2008) (per curiam) (affirming denial of “motion for free copies”); Reichert v. Barlow, 1:24-cv-2912-RTG, 2024 WL 7014650, at *6 (D. Colo. Dec. 18, 2024) (“[T]he Court is not required to provide litigants with copies of documents filed in a case.”); Brown v. Wetzel, 2:20-cv-0512-MPK, 2021 WL 3042611, at *1 (W.D. Pa. July 19, 2021) (similar); Thomas v. Brown, 3:20-cv-1258-SRC, 2020 WL 3420941, at *1 (N.D. Tex. June 22, 2020) (similar). What is more, Plaintiff here is statutorily ineligible to proceed in forma pauperis; therefore, he must litigate this action at his own expense. See 28 U.S.C. § 1915(g). Dated this 2nd day of June 2026. |) □□ UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE