Opinion
Case No. CV409-148.
June 14, 2010
ORDER
Civil rights plaintiff Michael Brian Keith requests a meeting "in accordance with Rule 26(f) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure." (Doc. 28.) Rule 26(f)(1), however, exempts prisoners and detainees from the otherwise mandatory Rule 26(f) conference. Fed.R.Civ.P. 26(f)(1) ("Except in a proceeding exempted from initial disclosures under Rule 26(a)(1)(B) . . . the parties must confer as soon as practicable. . . ."); Fed.R.Civ.P. 26(a)(1)(B) ("an action brought without an attorney by a person in custody of the United States, a state, or a state subdivision" is exempt from initial disclosures). Accordingly, plaintiff's request is DENIED.