Goods
Goods v. Bakersfield Police Department
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
CHARLES GOODS, ) Case No.: 1:19-cv-00663-DAD-JLT ) Plaintiff, ) ORDER DENYING PLAINTIFF’S MOTION FOR ) COPIES v. ) BAKERSFIELD POLICE DEPT., ) (Doc. 13) )
Defendant. ) )
On September 12, 2019, Plaintiff filed a request for copies of documents in the case he initiated on July 31, 2017 (Doc. 13). The action initiated by Plaintiff on that date was Case No. 1:17-cv-1009- DAD-JLT, which was closed on January 24, 2018.1 In the past month, Plaintiff filed two requests for copies of documents in that action. (See Case No. 1:17-cv-1009-DAD-JLT, Docs. 8, 10) The Court denied Plaintiff’s requests, because the matter has been closed for more than eighteen months and the copies were not necessary for the prosecution of the matter. Again, Plaintiff fails to explain why he needs copies of documents from that action, and it does not appear such documents would be relevant for the prosecution of the matter now pending…