Nash
(PC) Reid v. Nash
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 9 WALTER R. REID, Case No. 1:22-cv-00549-ADA-EPG (PC) Plaintiff, v. ORDER DENYING MOTION FOR LIST OF
STENOGRAPHERS
BARRY GREEN, (ECF No. 35) Defendant.
15 Plaintiff Walter R. Reid is a state prisoner proceeding pro se in this civil rights action filed pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. The Court recently opened discovery on September 11, 2023. (ECF No. 34). Now before the Court is Plaintiff’s motion for a list of stenographers to depose certain 19 witnesses in this case. (ECF No. 35). Specifically, Plaintiff states that he is unable to locate a 20 stenographer for purposes of deposing witnesses because his prison’s law library has been of no 21 help and the Yellow Pages does not list any. See Fed. R. Civ. P. 30(b)(3)(A) (noting that 22 “stenographic means” is one method for recording testimony in a deposition). Plaintiff asks for a 23 list of stenographers from the Court and states that he “is willing to pay the costs for a Court 24 appointed stenographer…