Detoy

INTRODUCTION

This court heard argument concerning the parties’ outstanding discovery disputes on July 19, 2000. Ronald Wecht appeared on behalf of Plaintiff. Maxwell Peltz appeared on behalf of Defendants. The motions were: 1) Plaintiffs motion to compel Defendants to designate witnesses prepared to testify regarding Sergeant Breslin’s training and disciplinary history, 2) Defendants’ motion for protective order that witnesses not be required to answer questions to which Defendants object as outside the scope of the 30(b)(6) designation, 3) Defendants’ motion to compel deposition of Plaintiffs attorney Frank D’Alfonsi, 4) Plaintiffs motion to compel Defendants to obtain the investigative file of the Office of Citizen Complaints (“OCC”) into the shooting of Sheila Detoy and make it available to Plaintiff, and 5) Defendants’ objection to the notice of deposition of San Francisco Chief of Police Fred Lau.

FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

This is a suit for violation of 42 U.S.C. § 1983 , after an incident in which Plaintiffs daughter, Sheila Detoy, was allegedly shot and killed by a San Francisco police officer, Sergeant Gregory Breslin. The case was originally filed in San…