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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 THOMAS K. MILLS, Case No. 1:21-cv-01193-ADA-HBK (PC) Plaintiff, ORDER DENYING PLAINTIFF’S MOTION

FOR A PROTECTIVE ORDER

v. (Doc. No. 128) Z. JONES, et al., Defendants. 16 Pending before the Court is Plaintiff’s motion for a protective order filed on August 11, 2022. (Doc. No. 128). Plaintiff requests a protective order pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 26(c)(1) to prevent Defendant from asking him questions at a deposition about his criminal record, prison file, an unspecified incident that occurred at North Kern State Prison on June 6, 2021, and “any other inappropriate questions Plaintiff doesn’t want to answer…” (Doc. No. 128 at 2-3). Defendants filed an opposition through an omnibus response on September 14, 2022, opposing Plaintiff’s motion on multiple grounds. (Doc. No. 137). Defendants first argue that the motion should be denied under Local Rule 251(b) and Rule 37(a) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure because Plaintiff…