Hughes

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Case No. 18-cv-05931-JCS

Plaintiff,

ORDER DENYING MOTION TO

v. COMPEL AND MOTION TO STRIKE

TIMBERLY E. HUGHES, Re: Dkt. Nos. 104, 116 Defendants.

I. INTRODUCTION Defendant Timberly Hughes, pro se, moves to compel Plaintiff the United States to produce an unredacted copy of a document that the United States redacted based on the deliberative process privilege and attorney-client privilege. Hughes also moves to strike certain statements in the United States’ case management statement and in its portion of a joint discovery letter brief. For the reasons discussed below, both motions are DENIED.1 II. MOTION TO COMPEL

Unless otherwise limited by court order, the scope of discovery is as follows: Parties may obtain discovery regarding any nonprivileged matter that is relevant to any party’s claim or defense and proportional to the needs of the case, considering the importance of the…