Brown

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 9 ALICE BROWN, Case No. 18-cv-07826-EMC (TSH)

Plaintiff,

DISCOVERY ORDER

v. Re: Dkt. No. 85 CITY OF CRESCENT CITY, et al., Defendants.

15 Plaintiff Alice Brown alleges that Crescent City Police Office Defendant Ethan Miller made a racially motivated traffic stop at 3:36 a.m. on January 1, 2018. ECF No. 1 (Complaint). Fact discovery closed on February 25, 2021, and we are now here on four discovery disputes. 1. Jokes on Social Media First, during Miller’s deposition, defense counsel instructed him not to answer when he was asked if he had posted jokes on social media about black people, Muslim people, immigrants or gay people. During the deposition, counsel did not state a reason for giving the instruction, but the defense now says it was based on privacy and lack of relevance. “Generally, [social networking site] content is neither privileged nor protected by any right of privacy.” Mailhoit v. Home Depot…