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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 JOHN DOE, No. 2:23-cv-00180 AC Plaintiff, v. ORDER COUNTY OF SOLANO, et al., Defendants. 16 This civil rights action is before the court on plaintiff’s motion to compel discovery. ECF No. 24. The lawsuit turns on allegations that the County defendants violated plaintiff’s Eighth Amendment rights when they placed him in a jail cell with an inmate known to have a history of sexually assaulting other inmates. Plaintiff alleges that he was raped because of defendants’ deliberate indifference to his safety. In discovery, plaintiff requested documents regarding prior acts of sexual assault and sexual misconduct by plaintiff’s assailant at the Solano County Jail. Defendants provided responsive documents which were redacted to protect the privacy interests of third-party victims and witnesses. Plaintiff now seeks unredacted copies of the discovery in order to learn the identities of witnesses including other victims of…