Mascorro

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 ELOY MASCORRO, Case No.: 21-cv-1427-RSH-DDL

Plaintiff,

ORDER DENYING PLAINTIFF’S EX

v. PARTE MOTION TO APPOINT

OFFICER OF THE COURT FOR A

THE CITY OF SAN DIEGO; DOES 1 –

DEPOSITION

6; HOUSE OF PACIFIC RELATIONS;

HOUSE OF NORWAY,

[Dkt. No. 166] 16 Defendants.

Before the Court is pro se Plaintiff Eloy Mascorro’s (“Plaintiff”) Ex Parte Motion to Appoint Officer of the Court for a Deposition (“Motion”). Dkt. No. 166. Specifically, Plaintiff “requests that all costs of the court reporter be waived due to plaintiffs [sic] IFP status.” Id. at 2. Furthermore, Plaintiff seeks “the appointment of a court officer to swear in all persons participating in the deposition if the court denies the appointment/cost of the court reporter.” Id. Although Plaintiff has been granted leave to proceed in forma pauperis, “plaintiff’s indigent status does not entitle him to a waiver of fees” to cover the cost of a deposition 26 …