I.F.

Case 2:18-cv-00673-JAM-CKD Document 93 Filed 02/16/21 Page 1 of

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

I.F., et al., No. 2:18–cv–0673–JAM–CKD

Plaintiffs, v. ORDER ON MOTIONS FOR SANCTIONS &

REQUEST TO SEAL

CITY OF VALLEJO; RYAN

MCMAHON,

15 Defendants.

Despite settling this civil rights and wrongful death case last year, the parties are still

before the court with a heated dispute stemming from alleged violations of their court-approved

stipulated protective order. What began as an informal discovery dispute over the confidential

designation of a short section of deposition testimony has ballooned into competing motions for

extensive sanctions against counsel for three of the plaintiffs and against counsel for both

defendants—accompanied by a request to seal the entirety of the surrounding briefing.

Defendants the City of Vallejo and…