Juan Carlos Rodriguez Ayala et al v. County of Riverside et al

Filing 63

MINUTES (IN CHAMBERS) ORDER Compelling Production of Certain Personnel Records by Magistrate Judge Kenly Kiya Kato, (SEE ORDER FOR DETAILS) (dts)

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
CIVIL MINUTES—GENERAL
Case No.

EDCV 16-686-DOC (KKx)

Date June 19, 2017

Title Juan Carlos Rodriguez Ayala, et al. v. County of Riverside, et al.
Present: The Honorable KENLY KIYA KATO, UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE
DEB TAYLOR

Not Reported

Deputy Clerk

Court Reporter

Attorney(s) Present for Plaintiff(s):

Attorney(s) Present for Defendant(s):

None Present

None Present

Proceedings:

Order Compelling Production of Certain Personnel Records

On April 13, 2017, Plaintiffs Juan Carlos Rodriguez Ayala, Monica Resvaloso, A. M.
Rodriguez-Resvaloso, J. C. Rodriguez-Resvaloso, J. P. Rodriguez-Resvaloso, and J. T. Rodriguez
Resvaloso (“Plaintiffs”) filed a Motion to Compel (“Motion”) personnel evaluations for the five
individual defendants, Sergeant Paul Heredia, Deputy Miguel Ramos, Sergeant Jessica
Vanderhoof, Investigator Nelson Gomez, and Deputy Melissa Rodriguez (the “Deputy
Defendants”). ECF Docket No. (“dkt.”) 51. On April 28, 2017, the Court granted in part
Plaintiffs’ Motion to compel personnel evaluations from September 26, 2010 through the
present, but only after an in camera review by the Court to determine relevance and balance
privacy concerns. Dkt. 55.
On May 5, 2017, Defendants lodged the personnel evaluations with the Court for in
camera review. Dkt. 56. On May 18, 2017, the Court issued an order limiting the required
production and allowing certain redactions. Dkt. 57. The Court ordered Defendants to lodge a
copy of the proposed redacted documents with the Court for in camera review. Id. On May 26,
2017, Defendants lodged the proposed redacted production. Dkt. 60.
After reviewing the proposed redactions and the Court’s May 18, 2017 Order, the Court
ORDERS AS FOLLOWS:
(1) Defendants shall include in the production Investigator Gomez’s personnel evaluation
for Rating Period 8/1/2015 to 8/1/2016, COR003625-3635.
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(2) Defendants shall unredact the paragraph beginning “On June 1, 2013” on page
COR003619.
(3) Defendants shall remove page COR003670.
(4) Within seven (7) days of the date of this Order, Defendants shall produce to
Plaintiffs the documents that were lodged with the Court on May 26, 2017 with the revisions set
forth above subject to the Protective Order, dkt. 37.
IT IS SO ORDERED.

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