Blight
Blight v. City of Manteca
Opinion
Lead Opinion
Claire, J.
ORDER
This discovery motion was referred to the undersigned magistrate judge by E.D. Cal. R. (“Local Rule”) 302(c)(1). Plaintiff moves for an order compelling the deposition of a confidential informant. For the reasons set forth below, the motion will be granted with the protections and constraints set forth in the order.
I. BACKGROUND
In this civil rights case, plaintiff alleges that her constitutional rights were violated when police entered her home, seized her, and searched her home. Although the police had a search warrant for 5858 E Carpenter Rd., police also searched 5846 E Carpenter Rd., where plaintiff lived.-The search warrant was issued after, the state court judge who issued the warrant-was presented with a sealed affidavit—“Exhibit C”—that defendants say supported probable cause to search both residences. The information in the affidavit was, according to defendants, provided by a confidential informant ,(“CI”).
On November 7, 2016, the undersigned granted plaintiffs motion to compel defendants to produce the affidavit, subject to a strict “Attorneys’ Eyes Only” protective order, and redacted to remove any personally identifying information about the CI. ECF No.…