Fitzgerald

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 RHONDA FITZGERALD, Case No.: 20cv848-JM (NLS) Plaintiff, ORDER GRANTING IN PART

DEFENDANTS’ MOTION TO

v.

BIFURCATE DISCOVERY

MARCUS POLLARD; Lieutenant C. MOORE; Sargeant H. CRUZ; Officer [ECF No. 33] 15 JACKSON; Officer LITTLE; and DOES 1 through 10, inclusive, Defendants. 18 Before the Court is Defendants’ motion to bifurcate discovery. ECF No. 33. Plaintiff filed an opposition, and Defendants filed a reply. ECF Nos. 37, 38. After due consideration and for the reasons set forth below, the Court GRANTS IN PART the motion to bifurcate discovery. I. BACKGROUND Plaintiff Rhonda Fitzgerald (“Fitzgerald”) brings this putative class action on behalf of herself and others similarly situated, alleging violations of 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against Defendants along with state law claims. ECF No. 1. Plaintiff alleges that she was subjected to a strip search at the Richard Donovan Correctional Facility…