Singleton
Singleton v. Kernan
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 8 KELVIN X. SINGLETON, Case No. 16-cv-02462 BAS-NLS 9 Plaintiff, ORDER GRANTING PLAINTIFF’S MOTION FOR TRANSCRIPTS v. [ECF No. 226]
G. HERNANDEZ,
12 Defendant. 13 Plaintiff Kelvin X. Singleton, a California state prisoner, sued Lieutenant Hernandez for violating his civil rights pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. A jury trial was held, and on February 5, 2020, the Court granted Defendant’s Rule 50 motion and dismissed the action. (ECF Nos. 216, 219.) On February 18, 2020, Plaintiff filed a Notice of Appeal. (ECF No. 222.) Thereafter, Plaintiff filed a Motion for Transcripts, seeking transcripts from the hearing on the motions in limine, the final pretrial conference, and the trial itself. (See Mot., ECF No. 226) Litigants proceeding in forma pauperis status may move to have transcripts produced at government expense. See 28 U.S.C. § 753(f); McKinney v. Anderson, 924 F.2d 1500, 1511-12 (9th Cir.1991), overruled on other…