Tanton

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 SENARBLE CAMPBELL, No. 2:18-cv-00671-KJM-CKD P Plaintiff, v. ORDER JOSHUA J. TANTON, et al., Defendants. 16 Plaintiff is a state prisoner proceeding through appointed counsel in this civil rights action filed pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Counsel for the parties requested an informal telephone conference with the undersigned in order to resolve a discovery dispute concerning plaintiff’s request for the production of the complete personnel files of defendants Ellin and Herrera. ECF No. 130. Having reviewed the requested documents in camera, the court has weighed the potential benefits of disclosure against the potential disadvantages and has determined that the official information privilege does not bar disclosure of the documents Bate stamped Ellin 005- 006. See Sanchez v. City of Santa Ana, 936 F.2d 1027, 1033-34 (9th Cir. 1990); see also Soto v. City of Concord, 162 F.R.D. 603, 613 (N.D. Cal. 1995) (noting that “[i]n…