Luis

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

9 CESARIO VIZCARRA MEDINA, Case No. 1:22-cv-00764-KES-EPG 10 Plaintiff, ORDER RE: EVIDENCE WITHHELD v. ON THE BASIS OF THE OFFICIAL INFORMATION PRIVILEGE

JOE LUIS, et al., (ECF No. 61, 62, 63) Defendants. 15 Cesario Vizcarra Medina (“Plaintiff”) is a state prisoner proceeding pro se in this civil 16 rights action filed pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. This case proceeds on Plaintiff’s Eighth 17 Amendment claim of excessive force against Investigative Services Unit (ISU) Officers Anthony 18 Arisco and Joe Luis at California State Prison in Corcoran. Before the Court is Defendants’ 19 objection to production of evidence, pursuant to the official information privilege. (ECF No. 61, 20 62, 63). 21 The Court has reviewed the filings and the applicable law, and as discussed in more detail 22 below, finds that Defendants’ objection is sustained in part and overruled in part.

I. LEGAL STANDARDS

24 Under Rule 26 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, “[p]arties…