Villasenor

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 JASON SCOTT HOUNIHAN, Case No. 1:23-cv-00163-ADA-EPG (PC) Plaintiff, ORDER DENYING PLAINTIFF’S MOTION

FOR DISCOVERY WITHOUT PREJUDICE

v. (ECF No. 50) JOSE C. VILLASENOR,

Defendant.

17 Plaintiff Jason Scott Hounihan is a prisoner proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis in 18 this civil rights action filed pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. This case proceeds on Plaintiff’s Eighth 19 Amendment sexual assault claim against Defendant Villasenor. (ECF No. 5). 20 Plaintiff filed a motion docketed on November 6, 2023 (ECF No. 50), which he titled 21 “Pitchess motion.” In the motion, Plaintiff seeks Brady materials, unspecified documents that he claims have been denied to him, and “any and all complaints lodged against the defendant while working in the facilities at the Tulare County Sheriff’s Department,” including all grievances. The Court will deny the motion without prejudice. First, neither a Brady nor a Pitchess motion is proper procedure for obtaining personnel 26…