Rodriguez

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

9 JOSHUA BLAND, Case No. 1:20-cv-00478-DAD-EPG (PC) 10 Plaintiff, ORDER DIRECTING DEFENDANTS TO FILE NOTICE INDICATING WHETHER v. THEY INTEND TO CLAIM THAT THE USE OF FORCE CRITIQUE FOUND THE FORCE ROBERT RODRIGUEZ, et al., TO BE WITHIN POLICY 13 Defendants. (ECF No. 57) 14 15 Joshua Bland (“Plaintiff”) is a state prisoner proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis in this civil rights action filed pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. On July 26, 2021, Defendants filed a brief regarding documents submitted for in camera review. (ECF No. 62-1). Defendants argue that “[t]he Court should find that the use of force critique (UFC) documents for incident log number KVSP-FDY-17-11-0711 are protected from disclosure by the official information privilege.” (Id.). However, Defendants also mention this document in their scheduling conference statement. They state that “[t]he use of force was also critiqued and found to be within CDCR policy.” A party…