McMahon

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 11 | Ryan McMahon, No. 2:23-cv-01972-KJM-JDP 12 Plaintiff, ORDER 13 v. 14 John Whitney, et al., 1S Defendants. 16 17 Plaintiff Ryan McMahon brings this action against defendants John Whitney and the City 18 | of Vallejo alleging they publicly disclosed his confidential information. Mr. McMahon moves to 19 | disqualify Mr. Whitney’s attorney, Alison Berry Wilkinson, due to a potential conflict of interest 20 | posed by Ms. Wilkinson’s prior representation of Mr. McMahon. The court grants 21 | Mr. McMahon’s motion to disqualify. 22 | I. BACKGROUND 23 Mr. McMahon filed suit against defendants on nine counts, including violation of civil 24 | rights, invasion of privacy, negligence per se and public disclosure of private facts related to his 25 | employment at the Vallejo Police Department. See Compl. at 1, ECF No. 1. Mr. McMahon 26 | specifically alleges Mr. Whitney injured him by “disclosing confidential, sensitive…