Downey

Downey v. US of America

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United States District Court, Northern District of CaliforniaMay 27, 20205:19-cv-04200California238 words

Opinion

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1 2 3 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 4 NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 5 SAN JOSE DIVISION 6 7 MARK DOWNEY, Case No. 19-cv-04200-BLF 8 Plaintiff,

ORDER DENYING PLAINTIFF’S

9 Vv. REQUEST FOR COPIES FREE OF

CHARGE

10 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, [Re: ECF 20] 11 Defendant. 12

13 Plaintiff Mark Downey, who is proceeding pro se, has requested that he be provided with

v 14 || copies of all documents filed in this closed case, free of charge. See ECF 20. Plaintiff asserts that Oo 15 || he is entitled to free copies because he was permitted to proceed in this case in forma pauperis. Q 16 || However, “the Clerk does not ordinarily provide free copies of case documents to parties.” Van

17 || Gessel v. Moore, No. 1:18-CV-01478-GSA-PC, 2019 WL 1316708, at *1 (E.D. Cal. Mar. 22,

18 2019). “The fact that the court has granted Plaintiff leave to proceed in forma pauperis does not 19 || entitle him to free copies of documents from the court.” Jd. Plaintiff has not shown that…

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