Shiflett

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA San Francisco Division SORRELL SHIFLETT, by and through Case No. 21-cv-07802-LB guardian ad litem KELLEY DAVENPORT, 12 Plaintiff, DISCOVERY ORDER 13 v. Re: ECF No. 75 14 CITY OF SAN LEANDRO, et al., 15 Defendants. 16 INTRODUCTION AND STATEMENT The plaintiff sued the City of San Leandro and two police officers, Anthony Pantoja and Ismael Navarro, claiming excessive force and other civil-rights violations arising from Officer Navarro’s allegedly tasing him and Officer Pantoja’s allegedly striking him with a baton.1 The City terminated Officer Pantoja’s employment. It produced part of his termination file but withheld six documents on the grounds that they are not relevant, not proportional to the needs of the case, and protected by the official-information and deliberative-process privileges: (1) his attorney’s letter to the City to appeal the termination; (2) the Alameda County District Attorney’s “Final Report on Bettencourt…