Spencer

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 JEAN-MAX DARBOUZE, No. 2:23-cv-1419 WBS CSK P Plaintiff, v. ORDER SPENCER, et al., Defendants. 16 Plaintiff is a state prisoner proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis with a civil rights action seeking relief under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. On September 15, 2025, plaintiff filed a motion styled, “Motion to Provide a Copy of the Deposition Transcripts.” (ECF No. 60.) There is no statutory requirement for the government to provide a litigant proceeding in forma pauperis with copies of a deposition transcript. See 28 U.S.C. § 1915(d); see also Whittenberg v. Roll, 2006 WL 657381, at *5 (E.D. Cal. Mar.15, 2006) (denying plaintiff’s motion to compel defendant to provide him with a copy of the deposition transcript free of charge). Moreover, under Rule 30(f)(3) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, the officer before whom a deposition is taken must provide a copy of the transcript to any party or to the deponent upon…