Downey
Downey v. US of America
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA SAN JOSE DIVISION 6 MARK DOWNEY, Case No. 19-cv-04200-BLF Plaintiff,
ORDER DENYING PLAINTIFF’S
Vv. REQUEST FOR COPIES FREE OF
CHARGE
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, [Re: ECF 20] Defendant.
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 || 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
|| Gessel v. Moore, No. 1:18-CV-01478-GSA-PC, 2019 WL 1316708, at *1 (E.D. Cal. Mar. 22,
2019). “The fact that the court has granted Plaintiff leave to proceed in forma pauperis does not || entitle him to free copies of documents from the court.” Jd. Plaintiff has not shown that…