Free Order on Motion for Order - District Court of Connecticut - Connecticut

I Case 3:03-cv-00696-JBA Document 63 Filed O1/24/2005 Paget of 2
I UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
I DISTRICT OF CONNECTICUT , I
I ZIIIIB Jlill 2Ll ID 3* I
I ANTHONY TORRES I
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v. Pnisowsn
, Case No. 3:03CV696 (JBA) (JGM) I
I JOHN TROMBLY, ET AL.
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I RULING ON PENDING MOTIONS -
Pending before the court are ten motions to preserve videotapes filed by the
plaintiff. For the reasons set forth below, the motions are denied.
The plaintiff asks the court to order the defendants to preserve videotapes of
various incidents beginning on May 1, 2004. He claims that he needs the videotapes to
file new lawsuits and that the videotapes are erased every thirty days. I
The court has no authority to order the defendants to preserve videotapes that `
are unrelated to the allegations in this action. Furthermore, the plaintiff does not I
allege that he has made any requests to prison officials to preserve the videotapes I
prior to filing these motions. Accordingly, the plaintiffs Motions to Preserve I
Videotapes [docs. ## 45, 49, 50, 51, 53, 54, 55, 57, 58, 60] are DENIED. I
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SO ORDERED at New Haven, Connecticut, this 2`j`\" of January, 2005 J
n G. Margolis \
Unite tes Magistrate Judge

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