Gooch
(PC) Hammler v. Gooch
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
ALLEN HAMMLER Case No. 1:19-cv-00653-AWI-EPG (PC)
Plaintiff,
ORDER RE: DOCUMENT WITHHELD
v. ON THE BASIS OF THE OFFICIAL
INFORMATION PRIVILEGE
12 GOOCH, et al., (ECF No. 43) 13 Defendants. 14 15 Plaintiff Allen Hammler is a state prisoner proceeding pro se and in forma 16 pauperis in this civil rights action filed pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. This case proceeds on 17 Plaintiff’s Eighth Amendment claims for deliberate indifference to a serious risk of harm 18 against Defendants John Doe and Salcedo, and Plaintiff’s Eighth Amendment claims for 19 medical indifference against Defendants Salcedo, Burnes, and Gooch. (ECF No. 16). These 20 claims generally concern Defendants’ alleged lack of response to Plaintiff’s safety and medical 21 complaints following a fire that exposed him to smoke. 22 In the scheduling order, the Court noted that, if any party claimed the right to withhold 23 witness statements and/or evidence gather from investigations into the incidents at issue…