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-0903 KJM DB Plaintiffs, v. ORDER COUNTY OF SACRAMENTO et al., Defendants. 16 This matter came before the undersigned on October 22, 2021, for hearing of plaintiffs’ motion to compel and request for expenses pursuant to Local Rule 302(c)(1). (ECF No. 64.) Attorney Mark Merin appeared via Zoom on behalf of plaintiffs. Attorney Suli Mastorakos appeared via Zoom on behalf of defendants. In response to plaintiffs’ requests for production of documents, set one, defendant County of Sacramento withheld and/or redacted documents based on asserted privileges and produced instead an amended privilege log. (JS (ECF No. 69) at 3-12.) “‘The party asserting the privilege has the burden of making a prima facie showing that the privilege protects the information that the party intends to withhold.’” Diamond State Ins. Co. v. Rebel Oil Co., Inc., 157 F.R.D. 691, 698 (D. Nev. 1994) (quoting In re…