Daniel Saldana v. Martha Donovan

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

DANIEL SALDANA, No. 2:24-cv-00895-DSF-AJR

Plaintiff,

MEMORANDUM DECISION

v. AND ORDER GRANTING

PLAINTIFF’S MOTION TO

BRIAN ROBERTS, ET AL., COMPEL PRODUCTION OF

DOCUMENST FROM

Defendants. DEFENDANTS L.A. COUNTY

AND SOWDERS (DKT. 88)

I. INTRODUCTION This is a civil rights lawsuit seeking damages for the wrongful incarceration of Plaintiff Daniel Saldana (“Plaintiff”), who was exonerated after serving 33 years in prison for a cime that he did not commit. (Dkt. 1 at 2.) Defendants Brian Roberts, Keith Stanton, L.A. County, and Steven Sowders (collectively,

1 Plaintiff’s Complaint asserts a variety of civil rights claims under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, as well as related state law claims such as intentional infliction of emotional 26 distress, intentional interference with the right to obtain judicial review of legality of confinement in…