Guillen

I. BACKGROUND

22 On October 10, 2025, Defendants submitted documents they have withheld pursuant to 23 the official information privilege, specifically: 1. Incident Commander’s Review/Critique (AGOPRIV000001-AGOPRIV000003); 2. Manager’s Review-First Level (AGOPRIV000004-AGOPRIV000005); 3. Manager’s Review-Second Level (AGOPRIV000006-AGOPRIV000007); 4. IERC Executive Review Committee (“IERC”) Critique and Qualitative Evaluation (AGOPRIV000008-AGOPRIV000009); 5. IERC Use of Force Review & Further Action Recommendation (AGOPRIV000010- AGOPRIV000013); and 6. Incident Report Summary generated from CDCR’s internal SOMS on September 16, 2025 (AGOPRIV000014-AGOPRIV000017). Defendants argue that these documents are subject to the official information privilege 5 because they were generated after the cell extraction for administrative review purposes by 6 individuals who were not present or directly involved in the incident. Defendants assert that 7 production of these documents could educate inmates about CSP's administrative review policies, 8 impede future administrative review, and subject staff to unwarranted claims…