Doe v. County of Kern et al

Filing 47

ORDER AFTER IN CAMERA REVIEW, signed by Magistrate Judge Jennifer L. Thurston on 8/13/2016. (Hall, S)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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Plaintiff,
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COUNTY OF KERN, et al.,
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Defendants.
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JANE DOE,
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Plaintiff,
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v.
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COUNTY OF KERN, et al.,
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Defendants.
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Case No.: 1:15-CV-01637 DAD JLT

JANE DOE,

ORDER AFTER IN CAMERA REVIEW

Case No.: 1:15-CV-01641 DAD JLT
ORDER AFTER IN CAMERA REVIEW

On July 8, 2016, the court held the mid-discovery status conference in case number 1:15-cv-

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01637. At this conference, counsel agreed they would “continue to meet and confer related to the

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plaintiff’s production request for peace officer personnel records. If requested, the Court will conduct

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an in-camera review of the records to determine which records, if any, will be produced.” (Doc. 27 at

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The defendants have produced documents to the Court for in camera review. The Court has

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conducted the in camera review of two investigations (in redacted form) of two claims of a sexual

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nature made by juvenile wards against probation officers while the wards were in custody. The court

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finds both investigations should be produced. The Court makes no comment or finding about the

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admissibility of these documents at trial. Thus, the Court ORDERS:
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Within three court days, copies of the records (with Bates numbers added) of the two

investigations1 SHALL be produced to counsel for the plaintiffs in both cases captioned above;
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No later than August 16, 2016, the defendants SHALL retrieve the documents that

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were subject to the in camera review, from the Clerk of the Court, at the United States Courthouse

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located at 510 19th Street, Suite 200, Bakersfield, CA.

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IT IS SO ORDERED.

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Dated:

August 13, 2016

/s/ Jennifer L. Thurston
UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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The Court notes there are two extraneous pages in the form of an e-mail about ¼ from the bottom of the record
denoted D15-009. This e-mail is an advertisement for a book sale and appears to have been included inadvertently. It
may be withdrawn from the record and not produced.

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