Predybaylo

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 11 ALEXSEY PREDYBAYLO, No. 2:19-cv-01243-MCE-CKD 12 Plaintiff, 13 v. ORDER 14 SACRAMENTO COUNTY et al., 15 Defendants. 16 17 On October 7, 2020, the court held an informal telephonic discovery call, as requested by 18 the parties. Patrick Dwyer appeared for plaintiff, and Matthew Gross appeared for defendants. 19 Plaintiff asked the court to lift the protective order that was previously issued to prevent the 20 deposition of Sacramento County Sheriff Scott Jones. Defendants argued that the protective 21 order should remain in place. For the reasons below, the court will deny plaintiff’s request and 22 keep the protective order in place. 23 I. BACKGROUND 24 This action arises from an allegedly unlawful strip search that occurred at the Sacramento 25 County Main Jail. According to plaintiff, after completing the booking process at the Main Jail, 26 plaintiff was taken by a group of officers to an unmarked, windowless room with a concrete floor. 27 …