Edwards

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 CARL EDWARDS, No. 2:18-cv-2434 MCE AC Plaintiff, v. ORDER CITY OF VALLEJO, et al., Defendants. 16 This matter is before the court on plaintiff’s motion to compel discovery, ECF No. 26, which is referred to the undersigned pursuant to Local Rule 302(c)(1). The matter came on for hearing on July 31, 2019, following the parties’ submission of a joint statement regarding the discovery dispute. ECF Nos. 25, 27. Michael Haddad appeared on behalf of plaintiff Carl Edwards, and Katelyn Knight appeared on behalf of defendants. Plaintiff brings this civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983, asserting claims that arise from his July 2017 arrest in Vallejo. Defendants are the City of Vallejo, the former Vallejo Chief of Police, and four officers who were members of the Vallejo Police Department (“VPD”) during the relevant period—including officer Spencer Muniz-Bottomley (“Bottomley”), who is now employed by the…