Rodriguez

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

JOSHUA BLAND, Case No. 1:20-cv-00478-DAD-EPG (PC)

Plaintiff,

ORDER RE: DOCUMENTS WITHHELD

v. ON THE BASIS OF THE OFFICIAL

INFORMATION PRIVILEGE

12 ROBERT RODRIGUEZ, et al., (ECF No. 62) 13 Defendants. 14 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. This case proceeds on Plaintiff’s failure to protect claims against defendants Stark, Jaime, Rodriguez, Garay, Melendrez, Lewis, Isais, and Huckleberry. (ECF No. 22). Plaintiff’s claims stem from allegations that certain defendants failed to protect him from being attacked by inmates and certain defendants failed to protect him during the attack. (ECF No. 14). On May 14, 2021, the Court directed the parties to exchange certain documents. (ECF No. 55). As relevant here, the Court ordered the parties to provide opposing parties with “[w]itness statements and evidence that were…