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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

DANA GRAY, ) Case No.: 1:20-cv-01047-DAD-SAB (PC) ) Plaintiff, ) ) ORDER DENYING PLAINTIFF’S MOTION FOR v. ) COURTESY COPY OF DEPOSITION

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A. KHOO, et al., ) ) (ECF No. 82) Defendants. ) ) ) ) )

Plaintiff Dana Gray is proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis in this civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Currently before the Court is Plaintiff’s motion for a courtesy copy of the deposition transcript, field April 18, 2022. The officer must furnish a copy of the deposition to plaintiff upon payment of reasonable charges. Fed. R. Civ. Pro. 30(f)(3). There is no provision under the Federal Rules or the Local Rules for free copies of deposition transcripts. Further, the expenditure of public funds on behalf of an indigent litigant is proper only when authorized by Congress. See Tedder v. Odel, 890 F.2d…