Opinion
CV623-011
03-04-2024
JACQUN J. WELLS, Plaintiff, v. BILL BLACK, Defendant.
ORDER
CHRISTOPHER L. RAY, UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE.
The Court recommended that Defendant Bill Black's Motion to Dismiss, doc. 11, be granted, and pro se plaintiff Jacqun J. Wells' Motion for Preliminary Injunction, doc. 22, be denied. See generally doc. 25. Wells has filed a Motion for Discovery, which stands unopposed. See doc. 26; see also S.D. Ga. L. Civ. R. 7.5. Despite its title, that Motion seeks a copy of his Complaint, without tendering the customary fee. See doc. 26; see also, e.g., doc. 6 at 15. “While the in forma pauperis statute provides access to the court to an indigent litigant by permitting the waiver of prepayment of fees and costs, no provision of that statute authorizes courts to commit federal monies for payment of the necessary expenses in a civil suit brought by an indigent litigant.” Ellison v. Consol. City of Augusta, 2018 WL 11319669, at *1 (S.D. Ga. Mar. 5, 2018) (internal quotation marks and citation omitted) (Hall, C.J.). Wells' request for copies of court documents, without prepayment of costs, is, therefore, DENIED. Doc. 26.
Wells has also requested a seven-day extension to the deadline for him to object to the Report and Recommendation. See doc. 29. Although Defendant has not responded to that Motion, and his deadline to do so has not expired, the brief extension requested would expire before that response is due. See id.; see also S.D. Ga. L. R. 7.5. Accordingly, the Court GRANTS the extension, sua sponte. See Fed.R.Civ.P. 6(b)(1)(A).Since the seven-day extension, calculated from the original deadline, would have expired before the Clerk received the request, the Court will extend the deadline for an additional seven days. Wells is DIRECTED to submit any objection to the Report and Recommendation, doc. 25, by no later than March 8, 2024.
The deadline to submit the objection was February 20, 2024. See doc. 25 (filed February 6, 2024). Wells' extension request is deemed filed on that date, pursuant to the “prison mailbox rule.” See doc. 29 at 1 (signed February 20, 2024); see also, e.g., Washington v. United States, 243 F.3d 1299, 1301 (11th Cir. 2001).
SO ORDERED.