McCoy

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 11 LOUIS MCCOY, et al., No. 2:19-cv-01191-JAM-CKD 12 Plaintiff, 13 v. ORDER 14 CITY OF VALLEJO, et al., 15 Defendant. 16 17 This matter is before the court on plaintiff’s motion to challenge defendants’ discovery 18 designation of certain confidential documents. Plaintiff’s motion, defendants’ opposition, 19 plaintiff’s reply, and all supporting materials were also filed under seal. (See ECF Nos. 233, 228, 20 230, 231, 229, & 232.) On May 13, 2024, the motion was submitted without appearance. (ECF 21 No. 233.) Having considered the moving, opposition, and reply papers, and the entire file, 22 plaintiff’s motion to challenge defendants’ discovery designations as confidential is granted in 23 part and denied in part. 24 I. BACKGROUND 25 This excessive force case arises from the death of Willie McCoy, a 20-year-old man who in 26 February 2019 was fatally shot by a group of Vallejo Police Department (VPD) officers as he 27 //// 28 //// 1 slept in his…