The following excerpt is from Jacome v. Vlahakis, Case No.: 3:18-cv-0010-GPC-MDD (S.D. Cal. 2020):
The public has an especially strong interest in ascertaining the veracity of any alleged misconduct by the very public servants entrusted to care for it. The first Henderson factor is thus "particularly important in civil rights cases" such as this. Hernandez v. City of El Monte, 138 F.3d 393, 399 (9th Cir. 1998); see also Eldridge v. Block, 832 F.2d 1132, 1137 (9th Cir.1987) (reversing for abuse of discretion a Rule 41(b) dismissal of pro se litigant's 1983 action for failure to comply with court order); Chaker v. Adams, No. 10-CV-2599-GPC, 2015 WL 410570, at *1 (S.D. Cal. Jan. 29,
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