Legal Opinion
Wright v. United States
District Court, M.D. Florida
Decided November 13, 1996No. 94-95-CIV-T-23(C)PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER
JENKINS, United States Magistrate Judge.
THIS CAUSE comes on for consideration of plaintiffs oral request made at a preliminary pretrial conference held on November 6,1996 to require defendants to pay the costs of discovery initiated by plaintiff.1
Defendants contend that plaintiff should be held responsible for paying any costs for depositions, including but not limited to court reporter fees and costs for transcription. Plaintiff responds that he is proceeding in this case in forma pauperis pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915, and, as such, he is not responsible for deposition costs.
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