Colyer

ORDER DENYING PLAINTIFF’S MOTION TO DISQUALIFY DEFENDANTS’ COUNSEL

The Court, the Honorable Robert J, Timlin, has read and considered plaintiff Greg Colyer’s motion to disqualify defendants’ counsel, defendants’ opposition thereto, and plaintiff Colyer’s reply. The Court concludes as follows:

I.

BACKGROUND

This case represents yet another legal reverberation of the April 1, 1996 high-speed pursuit and forcible arrest of suspected undocumented aliens by former Riverside County deputy sheriff Tracy Watson (Watson). See also Watson v. County of Riverside, 976 F.Supp. 951 (C.D.Cal.1997), ED CV 96-0148 RT (VAPx); Sotero-Vasquez v. County of Riverside, Case No. ED CV 96-227 RT (VAPx); Flores v. County of Riverside, Case No. ED CV 96-227 RT (VAPx). In this action, Riverside County deputy sheriff Greg Colyer (Colyer) and co-plaintiff Riverside Sheriffs Association (RSA) sue the County of Riverside (County), the County Sheriff, and top officials in the County’s Sheriffs Department for depriving Colyer of certain federal constitutional rights in violation of 42 U.S.C. § 1983 , the California Constitution and various state statutes.

Plaintiffs allege that Colyer was transferred from his…