(PS)Giddens

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 RICHARD GIDDENS, No. 2:19-cv-0019-KJM-EFB PS Plaintiff, v. ORDER SOLANO COUNTY, et al., Defendants. 16 This case is before the court on defendants’ motion to dismiss for failure to state a claim pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure (“Rule”) 12(b)(6) (ECF No. 10), defendants’ motion to quash a subpoena and for a protective order (ECF No. 15); and plaintiff’s motion for leave to file a first amended complaint (ECF No. 23). For the following reasons, plaintiff’s motion for leave to amend is granted, defendants’ motion to quash and for a protective order is granted in part and denied in part, and defendants’ motion to dismiss is denied as moot.2 ///// /////

1 This case, in which plaintiff is proceeding pro se, is before the undersigned pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1) and Eastern District of California Local Rule 302(c)(21).

2 The court determined that oral argument would not materially assist in…