Haynes v. Sisto et al

Filing 103

ORDER signed by Circuit Judge Susan P. Graber on 5/4/12, ORDERING that the exhibits to Plaintiff's reply declaration in support of his motion to compel further document production shall be SEALED. Plaintiff's 95 motion to compel discovery is GRANTED in PART and DENIED in PART. (Kastilahn, A)

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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 SACRAMENTO DIVISION 11 12 ROBERT HAYNES, 13 CIV S-08-2177-SPG (PC) Plaintiff, 14 15 ORDER (1) APPROVING PLAINTIFF'S REQUEST TO SEAL DOCUMENTS, AND (2) GRANTING, IN PART, PLAINTIFF'S MOTION TO COMPEL DISCOVERY vs. D.K. SISTO et al., 16 Defendants. 17 / 18 19 The court hereby approves Plaintiff's request to seal documents, and grants, in part, Plaintiff's motion to compel discovery. 20 IT IS HEREBY ORDERED: 21 1. The exhibits to Plaintiff's reply declaration in support of his motion to compel further 22 document production shall be sealed. 23 2. The court DENIES Plaintiff's motion to compel production of an "Incident Management 24 File." Plaintiff has provided no basis to support his belief that the requested documents exist in the 25 format requested or that Defendant has failed to produce any subsidiary documents that would be 26 found in that format. 27 /// 28 /// -1- 1 3. The court DENIES Plaintiff's motion to compel production of Attachments C & D to the 2 "unlock procedural guidelines." However, if Defendants uncover responsive documents in their 3 continuing review of their records, they shall produce those documents as soon as they are found. 4 4. The court DENIES Plaintiff's motion to compel production of documents received or 5 authored by Secretary Tilton regarding the challenged events. However, if Defendants uncover 6 responsive documents in their continuing review of their records, they shall produce those 7 documents as soon as they are found. 8 9 5. The court DENIES Plaintiff's motion to compel production of documents related to the "Emergency Operations Policy" because Plaintiff has withdrawn that request. 10 6. The court GRANTS Plaintiff's motion to compel production of the "Release Assessment 11 Plant" referred to in documents already produced by Defendants. The request is sufficiently specific 12 because it asks only for documents already identified in documents authored and produced by 13 Defendants. 14 7. The court GRANTS Plaintiff's motion to compel production as to the remainder of the 15 documents requested, all of which are relevant and likely to lead to admissible evidence. Production 16 of those documents shall be under seal, and the parties are directed to confer to establish an 17 acceptable procedure for doing so. 18 IT IS SO ORDERED. 19 20 Dated: May 4, 2012 21 22 /s/ Susan P. Graber UNITED STATES CIRCUIT JUDGE 23 24 25 26 27 28 -2-

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