Santoro

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

MELVIN R. ARRANT, ) Case No.: 1:20-cv-01253-DAD-SAB (PC) ) Plaintiff, ) ) ORDER DENYING PLAINTIFF’S REQUEST TO v. ) COMMUNICATE WITH DEFENSE COUNSEL

BY MAIL ONLY

KELLY SANTORO, et al., ) ) (ECF No. 44) Defendants. ) ) ) ) )

Plaintiff Melvin R. Arrant is proceeding pro se and in forma pauepris in this civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Currently before the Court is Plaintiff’s motion for a court order directing Defendant’s counsel to communicate with him by mail only. (ECF No. 44.) Plaintiff contends that communicating with defense counsel by telephone in front of officers violates his right to privacy and triggers his post traumatic stress disorder. (Id.) Plaintiff is informed that the attorney-client privilege is not necessarily implicated in his communications with attorneys who do not represent him. See, e.g, Giba…