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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 11 MARCELL JONES, No. 2:22-cv-01707 DC SCR P 12 Plaintiff, 13 v. ORDER 14 B. BROWNEN, et al., 15 Defendants. 16 17 Plaintiff is incarcerated in state prison and proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis with a 18 civil rights action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. On June 6, 2025, the undersigned granted plaintiff’s 19 motion to compel in part and granted defendants leave to file supplemental material to properly 20 assert the official information privilege (“OIP”). (ECF No. 50.) For the reasons explained below, 21 the undersigned finds defendants have met the showing required to trigger the OIP. Defendants 22 are to electronically submit the documents to the court for in camera review within 14 days. In 23 addition, plaintiff’s motion to strike (ECF No. 57) is denied and his motion to compel (ECF No. 24 41) is denied as to requests for production Nos. 2 and 5 only. 25 PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND 26 I. Screening 27 This action is proceeding on…