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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 RYAN INDIANA CURRY, No. 2:23-cv-00791-TLN-EFB (PC) Plaintiff, v. ORDER T. ROLLAND, et al., Defendants. 16 Plaintiff is a state prisoner proceeding without counsel in an action brought under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. He seeks a protective order limiting defendants’ access to his prison central file. ECF No. 21. Defendants oppose the motion. ECF No. 23. Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 26(c) permits a party to seek a protective order relieving her of her duty to respond to a discovery request upon a showing of good cause. “For good cause to exist [under Rule 26(c)], the party seeking protection bears the burden of showing specific prejudice or harm will result if no protective order is granted.” Phillips v. GMC, 307 F.3d 1206, 1210-11 (9th Cir. 2002). “Broad allegations of harm, unsubstantiated by specific examples or articulated reasoning, do not satisfy” Rule 26(c)’s “good cause” requirement. Beckman Indus., Inc. v.…