Chau

BACKGROUND

25 Plaintiff proceeds on his Eighth Amendment deliberate indifference claim against 26 Defendant under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 as screened. (See Doc. No. 31). On February 20-21, 2024, 27 Plaintiff was deposed by Defendant’s counsel, Deputy Attorney General Judith Gronna. (See 28 1 Doc. Nos. 56, 58). At the conclusion of the two-day deposition, Plaintiff states the stenographer 2 asked him if he wanted a copy of the deposition transcript, and Plaintiff alleges counsel for 3 Defendant “refuse[d] to allow” the stenographer to send Plaintiff a copy. (Id. at 2). 4 In the Opposition, Defense Counsel disputes this characterization of events. She states: 5 Following the conclusion of Plaintiff’s deposition on February 21, 2024, and after the record had been closed, Ms. Glover inquired as 6 to how she should effectuate Plaintiff’s review of the deposition transcript. Based on my understanding of the Federal Rules of 7 Civil Procedure, I indicated that any request to review the transcript should have been made by Plaintiff on the record before his 8 deposition ended. Ms. Glover did not advise Plaintiff that he was…