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ORDER

Plaintiffs pending Motion To Compel (ECF No. 13) was referred to the undersigned by E.D. Cal. R. (“Local Rule”) 302(c)(1). The discovery dispute involves a Search Warrant that authorized the Manteca police to search 5858 E Carpenter Rd. Stockton, CA 95215. That location was described as:

ECF No. 20-3 at 16 (Exhibit A to the Search Warrant) (emphasis added). However, in addition to searching the modular home at 5858 E Carpenter Rd, the police searched the modular home at 5846 E Carpenter Rd. Plaintiff, a 74-year-old woman, lived at the latter address. 1 According to plaintiff, the police broke down her door, entered her home, seized her, detained her on the street, and searched her home.

In relation to plaintiffs civil rights claims arising from the search, she seeks discovery about and from the Confidential Informant (“CI”) who provided the information upon which the Search Warrant was based. Plaintiff seeks “Exhibit C” to the Search Warrant affidavit, and testimony from defendant Garcia about what the CI told him. For the reasons that are set forth below, the undersigned will grant plaintiffs. motion in part, but will limit discovery to tightly controlled “Attorneys’…