Crabtree

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

DARWIN CRABTREE, No. 2:20–cv–0675–KJM–KJN Plaintiff, ORDER ON MOTION TO COMPEL v. (ECF No. 39) COUNTY OF BUTTE, et al., Defendants. 16 Presently before the court1 is plaintiff Darwin Crabtree’s motion to compel the production of a memo withheld by defendant County of Butte (“the County”) on the grounds that the document is protected from disclosure by the work product doctrine, the deliberative process privilege, or both. (ECF No. 39.) The parties previously filed a joint statement regarding the discovery disagreement (ECF No. 41), and the court independently reviewed the memo in- camera. The court heard remote arguments on the motion on December 10, 2020. (ECF No. 43.) Brandt Silver-Korn appeared for plaintiff; and Stephen Horan and Matthew Gross appeared for defendant the County of Butte. For the following reasons, the court GRANTS IN PART and DENIES IN PART plaintiff’s motion. /// 27 1 This matter was referred…