Williams v. Williams

Filing 138

ORDER: Case Management Conference set for 4/4/2013 at 9:30 AM before Magistrate Judge Laurel Beeler in Courtroom C, 15th Floor, San Francisco. Counsel may appear telephonically for the conference. Counsel to make the necessary arrangements through CourtCall.. Signed by Judge Laurel Beeler on 4/1/2013. (ls, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 4/1/2013)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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Northern District of California

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San Francisco Division
ISAIAH N. WILLIAMS,

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For the Northern District of California

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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No. C 07-04464 CW (LB)

Plaintiff,

ORDER

v.
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D. WILLIAMS,
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Defendant.
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In this civil rights case by a prisoner against a guard, there is an issue about missing photographs

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that were referenced in the incident report and security camera footage that has been overwritten.

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See 2/4/13 Joint Letter Brief, ECF No. 116 at 2 n.1 (preserving right to raise issue later).

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Defendant’s counsel has represented that “counsel for the CDCR” has said that (a) the tape was

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overwritten and (b) the photographs “are not available” and “does not represent that the photographs

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were purged. Joint Statement, ECF No. 127 at 6. At the case management hearing, Judge Wilken

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directed the parties to raise evidence preservation issues and any instruction on spoliation to the

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undersigned. RT 3/20/13, ECF No. 137, at 12:1-12.

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The court sets a case management conference for April 4, 2013, at 9:30 a.m. Counsel may
participate by CourtCall.
IT IS SO ORDERED.
Dated: April 1, 2013

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C 07-04464 CW (LB)

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LAUREL BEELER
United States Magistrate Judge