Pervez

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 SHAFAK PERVEZ, No. 2:18-cv-02793-KJM-KJN Plaintiff, v. ORDER SACRAMENTO COUNTY, (ECF No. 33) Defendant. 16 Defendant, County of Sacramento, brings this motion seeking to compel plaintiff to provide an authorization for court records, answers to requests for admission, and answers to interrogatories. (ECF No. 33.) Having considered the parties’ joint statement, arguments at the hearing on this matter, and the relevant law, the court GRANTS defendant’s motion, but with the clarifications and modifications mentioned below. I. BACKGROUND The underlying dispute concerns plaintiff being prevented from purchasing a firearm in 2017 due to her being committed to a mental health institution in 2000. (ECF No. 1 ¶ 17.) A central issue in plaintiff’s complaint, and most of the disputed discovery, is whether plaintiff was committed voluntarily or involuntarily. Plaintiff also alleges that while she was…