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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION 7 JOHN DOES 1-5, et al., Case No. 23-cv-02865-EMC (PHK) Plaintiffs,

v. ORDER RESOLVING DISPUTE

REGARDING KAISER PRIVILEGE

KAISER FOUNDATION HEALTH PLAN, LOGS INC., et al., Re: Dkt. No. 291 Defendants. 13 This case has been referred to the undersigned for discovery. See Dkt. 57. Now pending before the Court is a joint letter brief regarding a dispute between the Parties as to whether Kaiser properly withheld from discovery eight documents on the grounds that they are protected by the attorney-client privilege. [Dkt. 291]. The Court finds the dispute suitable for resolution without futher oral argument. See Civil L.R. 7-1(b). LEGAL STANDARD Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 26(b)(1) delineates the scope of discovery in federal civil actions and provides that “[p]arties may obtain discovery regarding any nonprivileged matter that is…