O'Brien

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 9 KORY T. O’BRIEN, Case No. 18-cv-00980-BAS-MDD 10 Plaintiff, ORDER GRANTING IN PART AND DENYING IN PART PLAINTIFF’S v. MOTION OBJECTING TO DISCOVERY RULING OF MAGISTRATE JUDGE

L. GULARTE, et al.,

[ECF No. 83] Defendants. 14 On May 11, 2020, Plaintiff filed a motion objecting to Magistrate Judge Mitchell D. Dembin’s ordering denying Plaintiff’s Motions to Compel Discovery. (Order on Plf.’s Mot. to Compel (“Discovery Order” or “Disc. Order”), ECF No. 81; Mot. to Reconsider Plf.’s Mot. to Compel (“Motion”), ECF No. 83.) Pursuant to the Court’s order, Defendants responded on May 26, 2020. (Resp. in Opp’n to Mot. (“Resp.”), ECF No. 85.) For the reasons herein, the Court GRANTS IN PART and DENIES IN PART Plaintiff’s Motion. I. RELEVANT BACKGROUND Plaintiff commenced this lawsuit on May 16, 2018 under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, alleging violations of federal and state…