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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 11 S.O. a minor, by and through Guardian Ad No. 2:23-cv-00406 DJC AC Litem, LOLITA O’NEAL, 12 Plaintiff, 13 ORDER v. 14 RESUCE UNION SCHOOL DISTRICT, et 15 al., 16 Defendants. 17 18 This matter is before the court on the parties’ joint request for a written order explaining 19 the undersigned’s decision, previously issued via minute order, regarding a discovery dispute that 20 was initially brought to the undersigned via the informal discovery dispute resolution process. 21 ECF Nos. 41, 42; see also E.D. Cal. R. 302(c)(1) (referring discovery disputes to the assigned 22 magistrate judge). The court here re-states its ruling that the information requested must be 23 produced in unredacted form, but amends the ruling to allow defendant to produce the 24 information with an attorney’s eyes only designation. Defendant has 7 days to produce the 25 documents. 26 I. Relevant Background 27 Plaintiff commenced this action on March 3, 2023, and filed the operative…