Estate of Antonio Thomas v. County of Sacramento

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 Estate of Antonio Thomas, et al., No. 2:20-cv-00903-KJM-DB Plaintiffs, ORDER Vv. County of Sacramento, et al., 1S Defendants. 16 Plaintiffs move for reconsideration of the magistrate judge’s March 21, 2021 order denying plaintiffs’ motion to compel discovery and granting defendants’ motion for a protective order. As explained in more detail below, the motion is denied. 20 I. FACTUAL ALLEGATIONS AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND Antonio Thomas, a 39-year-old man, suffering from mental-illness, was taken into 22 custody of defendant Sacramento County Sheriff's Department at the Sacramento County Main Jail where he was housed in the jail’s general population. See Compl. 4] 20-23. Mr. Thomas 24 was assigned to share a cell with another inmate. Jd. 24. On December 10, 2019, Mr. Thomas was brutally assaulted by his cellmate, and discovered later by jail staff. Id. §J§] 24-25. He…