Yablonsky

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA John Henry YABLONSKY, Case No.: 18-cv-1122-AGS Plaintiff, ORDER DENYING REQUEST TO

WAIVE DEPOSITION FEES AND

v.

COSTS (ECF 95)

CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS & REHABILITATION, et al., Defendants. 18 Plaintiff’s request to waive deposition fees and costs, including transcription costs, is denied. Prisoners proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis under 28 U.S.C. § 1915 may use any discovery method set forth in the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. However, 28 U.S.C. § 1915 “does not extend to the cost of taking and transcribing a deposition.” Starkey v. Hernandez, No. 317CV01158JLSKSC, 2018 WL 2441554, at *1 (S.D. Cal. May 31, 2018) (citation omitted); see also Arellano v. Hodge, No. 14-CV-590 JLS (JLB), 2018 WL 637854, at *3 (S.D. Cal. Jan. 30, 2018) (“§ 1915 does not authorize or require federal courts to finance or subsidize a civil action by paying fees or other costs associated with the litigation.”). Therefore,…