Opinion
No. CV 08-590-PHX-MHM (DKD).
June 19, 2008
ORDER
Plaintiff Laura L. Medley, who is confined in the Maricopa County Lower Buckeye Jail, filed a pro se civil rights Complaint pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. On May 8, 2008, the Court dismissed the Complaint for failure to state a claim. Plaintiff filed a Notice of Appeal on May 14, 2008 (Doc. #8).
On June 2, 2008, Plaintiff filed a Motion for Copy of Entire Docket (Doc. #12). The Court will grant the Motion to the extent that the Court will provide Plaintiff with a copy of the Court's electronic docket.
To the extent that Plaintiff is seeking copies of every document filed in this case, the Court will deny the Motion. The Clerk of Court charges 50 cents per page for reproducing any record or paper. See Judicial Conference Schedule of Fees ¶ 4, foll. 28 U.S.C. § 1914. An inmate has no right to free copies of pleadings. See In Re Richard, 914 F.2d 1526, 127 (6th Cir. 1990) (per curiam) ( 28 U.S.C. § 1915 "does not give a litigant a right to have documents copied and returned to him at government expense"). Further, the Ninth Circuit has rejected any constitutional right to unlimited free photocopying. See Johnson v. Moore, 936 F.2d 921, 923 (9th Cir. 1991) (per curiam), superceded onother grounds, 948 F.2d 517 (9th Cir. 1991) (per curiam); andSands v. Lewis, 886 F.2d 1166, 1169 (9th Cir. 1989) (rejecting any constitutional right to free and unlimited photocopying) (citing Jones v. Franzen, 697 F.2d 801, 803 (7th Cir. 1983) ("[B]road as the constitutional concept of liberty is, it does not include the right to xerox.")). Accordingly, the Clerk of Court will provide Plaintiff with copies of documents filed in this case only upon receipt of a written request accompanied by payment of the 50 cents per page copy fee.
IT IS ORDERED that Plaintiff's June 2, 2008 Motion for Copy of Entire Docket (Doc. #12) is granted to the extent that the Clerk of Court must provide Plaintiff with a copy of the Court's electronic docket. Plaintiff's Motion is denied with respect to all other relief requested.