(PC) Ortega v. United States of America

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

9 ALBERT ORTEGA, Case No. 1:19-cv-00999-JLT-EPG (PC) 10 Plaintiff, ORDER DENYING PLAINTIFF’S MOTION CLARIFYING SPECIFIC v. DOCUMENT AND ITS PRODUCTION AND PLAINTIFF’S MOTION FOR

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, SPOLIATION SANCTIONS

13 Defendant. (ECF. Nos. 56, 57, 62, & 66)

15 16 I. BACKGROUND Albert Ortega (“Plaintiff”) is a federal prisoner proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis in this action. This action is proceeding on Plaintiff’s Federal Tort Claims Act claim against defendant United States of America, based on allegations that officers at United States Penitentiary Atwater failed to address water that had accumulated. (ECF No. 25). This failure allegedly led to Plaintiff slipping and falling. (Id. at 3). On December 20, 2021, Plaintiff filed a motion clarifying specific document and its production. (ECF No. 56). On that same day, Plaintiff filed a motion for spoliation sanctions. (ECF No. 57). On January 11, 2022,…