Worthy

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 8 RICHARD EDWARD WORTHY, Case No. 20-cv-05558-EMC (TSH)

Plaintiff,

DISCOVERY ORDER

v. Re: Dkt. No. 26 CITY OF BERKELEY, et al., Defendants.

14 Plaintiff alleges that on July 11, 2019 he was on his usual walk, at times dancing and playing his silver flute, when an altercation with the police led to his arrest, followed by a 5150 hold. He sues the City of Berkeley, its chief of police and three other officers for a variety of federal and state law claims. ECF No. 1. We are here on a discovery dispute concerning some of the City’s requests for production (“RFPs”) and interrogatories (“rogs”) to Plaintiff. The Court will address each discovery request in turn. As an initial matter, in discussing questions of privilege, the parties seem to be under the impression that California law applies. It doesn’t. When a plaintiff alleges federal and state law claims and the evidence at issue relates to both, federal privilege law applies. See Wilcox…