Arellano
Arellano v. Blahnik
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 RAUL ARELLANO, Case No.: 16cv2412-CAB-MSB
Plaintiff,
ORDER REGARDING MOTION TO
v. BE SENT COPIES OF CERTAIN DOCUMENTS [Doc. No. 167] BLAHNIK, Defendant. 16 17 On October 27, 2020, Plaintiff filed a motion to be sent print out of certain 18 documents. [Doc. No. 167.] Specifically, Plaintiff requests a copy of Docket Nos. 8, 13 19 and 15. [Doc. No. 167 at 2.] 20 While “prisoners have a constitutional right of access to the courts,” Bounds v. 21 Smith, 430 U.S. 817, 821 (1977), there is no constitutional right to receive photocopies 22 free of charge. Sands v. Lewis, 886 F.2d 1166, 1169 (9th Cir. 1990), overruled on other 23 grounds by Lewis v. Casey, 518 U.S. 343, 351 (1996); see also Jones v. Franzen, 697 24 F.2d 801, 803 (7th Cir. 1983) (“[B]road as the constitutional concept of liberty is, it does 25 not include the right to xerox.”); Wanninger v. Davenport, 697 F.2d 992, 994 (11th Cir. 26 1983) (finding no violation of…