(PC) Perry v. Nelson

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 THOMAS EDWARD PERRY, No. 2:22-cv-2140 WBS AC P Plaintiff, v. ORDER M. NELSON, et al., Defendants. 16 Plaintiff, a state prisoner proceeding pro se with a civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983, has filed motions for in camera review and appointment of counsel. ECF No. 3, 4. The motion for in camera review appears to seek an order compelling an unspecified prison official to produce confidential information related to plaintiff’s disciplinary charge, which is the basis for his complaint. ECF No. 3. It is unclear whether plaintiff is seeking the documents be produced for the court’s inspection or his inspection. Id. In either case, the motion is premature. Plaintiff is currently in the pleading stage,1 and it is therefore unnecessary for him to produce evidence to support his allegations. To the extent he is seeking the documents be provided to him, this case has not yet entered the discovery phase. 26 …