Salas

1 2 3 4 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 5 NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 7 RAFAEL SALAS, Case No. 17-cv-00663-JST (TSH)

8 Plaintiff,

DISCOVERY ORDER

9 v. Re: Dkt. No. 78 10 FORKNER, 11 Defendants.

12 13 Plaintiff Rafael Salas, an inmate at Kern Valley State Prison, filed this action pursuant to 14 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against prison officials at Pelican Bay State Prison, where he was previously 15 housed. As relevant here, he asserts a First Amendment retaliation claim against Defendant 16 Barneburg, alleging that he and a co-Defendant searched Salas’s cell and planted a blade in 17 retaliation for his grievances against other Defendants. ECF No. 51 at 20 (summary judgment 18 order). On summary judgment, Judge Tigar found “a triable issue of material fact as to whether 19 Defendant Barneburg ordered the search of Plaintiff’s cell and planted a blade in Plaintiff’s cell 20 because of Plaintiff’s litigation and grievance activity.” Id. at 31-32. Specifically, Judge Tigar 21 found that:

22 It is undisputed that, in 2013 and 2014, …