Galindo
(PC) Sykes v. Galindo
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
8 9 TROY SYKES, Case No. 1:23-cv-01770-KES-EPG 10 Plaintiff, ORDER OVERRULING IN PART
DEFENDANTS’ OBJECTIONS TO
v. PRODUCTION OF DOCUMENTS 12 GALINDO, et al., (ECF No. 39, 40, 41) 13 Defendant.
15 Plaintiff Troy Sykes is a state prisoner proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis in this 16 civil rights action filed pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Plaintiff filed the complaint commencing 17 this action on December 27, 2023. (ECF No. 1). Plaintiff alleges that correctional officers and 18 other staff at Avenal State Prison (ASP) retaliated against him for filing 602 grievances. 19 Now before the Court are Defendants’ Objections to Court Order Requiring Parties to 20 Exchange Documents (ECF No. 39), which claims that all documents related to the institution’s 21 investigation into Plaintiff’s grievance should be withheld from production, because the 22 investigation is confidential and related documents are protected by the official information 23 privilege. Plaintiff has filed two responses to Defendants’ objections, arguing that…