Henry W. Kerr v. United States District Court for the Northern District of California, John Van Geldern, Real Parties in Interest

OPINION

HAMLEY, Circuit Judge:

Petitioners seek from this court a writ of mandamus or prohibition under 28 U.S.C. § 1651, vacating an order of respondent district court which granted a motion of the real parties in interest requiring petitioners to produce various documents by way of discovery under Rules 34 and 37 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. We deny the petition.

The real parties in interest, who seek the documents, are seven California state prisoners who have joined as plaintiffs in a civil rights action against petitioners in the respondent district court. 1 Plaintiffs in that…