Ochoa

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

JAQUICE JONES, Case No. 1:21-cv-00038-DAD-EPG (PC)

Plaintiff,

ORDER RE: EVIDENCE WITHHELD

v. ON THE BASIS OF THE OFFICIAL

INFORMATION PRIVILEGE

12 VALOR OCHOA, et al., (ECF No. 38) 13 Defendants. 14 Jaquice Jones (“Plaintiff”) is a state prisoner proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis in 16 this civil rights action filed pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983.1 Before the Court is Defendants’ objection to production of evidence, pursuant to the official information privilege. (ECF No. 38). The Court has reviewed the filings and the applicable law, and as discussed in more detail below, finds that Defendants may redact certain portions of the Confidential Supplement to Appeal. Additionally, the Court will grant Defendants’ request to only allow Plaintiff to view the document via a request to the Litigation Coordinator. I. BACKGROUND This case proceeds on Plaintiff’s Eighth Amendment excessive force claim against…