McKillop

MEMORANDUM OF OPINION AND ORDER

In 1970 Dr. Susan Regan McKillop was denied tenure in the Art Department of the University of California at Davis. She now challenges that denial, setting forth essentially two claims: first, that the University, in denying her tenure, discriminated against her on the basis of her sex in violation of the United States Constitution and certain federal statutes, and second, that she was denied tenure without notice of the reasons for denial, and without an opportunity to be heard, thereby depriving her of liberty without’ due process of law in violation of the Fourteenth Amendment.

As part of her discovery efforts, plaintiff requested that defendants produce the following documents: all papers, letters, forms, reports and other documents included in the personnel files of the University concerning her hiring, evaluation, promotion and denial of ten ure. Defendants produced documents which were written to or by plaintiff or which were otherwise provided to her in the normal course of University of California academic personnel procedures. Defendants refused, however, to provide (1) documents which were submitted or written in official confidence by…