Atayde

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

LUCY ATAYDE, Case No. 1:16-cv-00398-DAD-SAB

Plaintiff, ORDER RE INFORMAL DISCOVERY

DISPUTE GRANTING PLAINTIFF’S

v. REQUEST FOR ORDER COMPELLING

PRODUCTION

NAPA STATE HOSPITAL, et al., (ECF Nos. 181, 183, 184) Defendants.

16 Currently before the Court is a discovery dispute between the parties that was the subject of an informal hearing held on February 7, 2020. I. BACKGROUND A. Procedural History Plaintiff filed this action on January 5, 2016, and is proceeding on a second amended complaint filed on June 11, 2019. (ECF Nos. 1, 148.) The action involves the suicide of Richard Ramirez that occurred in Merced County jail while he waited to be transferred to Napa State Hospital after he was found incompetent to stand trial. (ECF No. 148; Joint Informal Discovery Dispute Letter Brief (“Br.”) 1, ECF No. 183.) Plaintiff Lucy Atayde is proceeding individually and as successor in…