Howard Jones Investments, LLC v. City of Sacramento

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 HOWARD JONES INVESTMENTS, No. 2:15-cv-954 DAD-SCR LLC, et al., 12 Plaintiffs, ORDER GRANTING IN PART AND v. DENYING IN PART PLAINTIFF’S MOTION TO COMPEL CITY OF SACRAMENTO, et al., 15 Respondents. 16 17 INTRODUCTION In this action, Plaintiffs challenge nuisance abatement actions taken by the Sacramento Police Department that resulted in allegedly unconstitutional evictions. ECF No. 73 (Second Amended Complaint). Plaintiff Howard Jones Investments, LLC (“HJI”), now moves to compel on requests for production (“RFP”), requests for admission (“RFA”), and interrogatories. ECF No. 89. The contested discovery primarily concerns a training video that cannot be located by Defendants, Defendants’ discovery-related retention practices, and training and oversight concerning nuisance-related evictions. The parties filed a joint statement on this discovery dispute pursuant to Local Rule 251…