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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 AL OTRO LADO, INC., et al., Case No. 19-cv-01344-BAS-MSB 11 Plaintiff, ORDER ADOPTING REPORT AND v. RECOMMENDATION GRANTING IN

PART AND DENYING IN PART

ALEJANDRO MAYORKAS, Secretary MOTION FOR SANCTIONS of U.S. Department of Homeland Security, et al., (ECF No. 685) Defendants. 16 A Report and Recommendation (“R&R”) has been submitted to this Court proposing that Plaintiffs’ request for spoliation sanctions be granted in part and denied in part. (ECF No. 685.) For the foregoing reasons, the Court ADOPTS the R&R. I. BACKGROUND Plaintiffs’ underlying claims in this case arise out of Defendants’ implementation of the “Turnback Policy,” which Plaintiffs claim unlawfully obstructed individuals’ ability to seek asylum in the United States. (Second Am. Compl. ¶¶ 3, 5, 72–83, ECF No. 189.) This policy allegedly included, in part, the use of “metering” or “queue management” measures in which government…