UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 ALLISON SNIPES, Case No. 18-cv-03259-TSH
Plaintiff,
DISCOVERY ORDER
v. Re: Dkt. No. 89 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, and ROBERT WILKIE, Secretary of the United States Department of Veterans Affairs,
Defendants.
I. INTRODUCTION In this Title VII employment discrimination case, the parties have filed a joint discovery letter in which the government moves to compel Plaintiff Allison Snipes to produce complete, unredacted copies of the treatment notes from her therapist, Zora Kolkey. ECF No. 89. Having considered the parties’ positions and relevant legal authority, the Court DENIES the government’s motion for the following reasons. II. BACKGROUND Snipes grew up in the Pentecostal faith and considers church and family the two most important aspects of her life. Third Am. Compl. ¶ 14, ECF No. 44. She alleges her former supervisor at the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Elizabeth…