Opinion
No. 09-05796 CW.
October 5, 2011
ORDER GRANTING PLAINTIFFS' MOTION FOR PHOTOCOPY OF SECOND AMENDED COMPLAINT
Pro se Plaintiffs Todd Ashker and Danny Troxell, inmates at Pelican Bay State Prison (PBSP), file a motion for the Court to order Defendants' agents at PBSP to photocopy Plaintiffs' second amended complaint (2AC), which is ninety-nine pages in length. PBSP Captain Wood has denied Plaintiffs' request to photocopy the 2AC because of its length. California Code of Regulations, Title 15, § 3162(c) provides that a legal document to be duplicated for any inmate shall not exceed fifty pages in total length, except when necessary to advance litigation and, for any document over fifty pages, the inmate shall provide to PBSP staff a written explanation of the need for the excess length.
The 2AC is necessary to advance Plaintiffs' litigation. Therefore, it is necessary for this document to be duplicated and the responsible PBSP staff person is ordered to do so within seven days of the date of this order. However, in future Court filings, Plaintiffs are advised to condense further their factual presentation and legal arguments.
IT IS SO ORDERED.