Estate of William Hennefer v. Yuba County

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 ESTATE OF WILLIAM HENNEFER et No. 2:22-cv-00389-TLN-KJN al., ORDER Plaintiffs, 13 v. 14 YUBA COUNTY et al., 15 Defendants.

18 Presently pending before this court is plaintiff’s motion to compel and for sanctions. 19 (ECF No. 36.) Plaintiff asks this court to order the retaking, in part, of the depositions of Deputy 20 Tyler Eck, Deputy Valentino Aguirre, Deputy Teng Saecheo, and Detective Natalie Mullins, with 21 costs and fees paid by defendant; order forensic testing of Deputy Bradon Mallory’s USB Drive 22 and computer; and order production of the names of personnel involved in the drone video chain 23 of custody, along with a brief description their involvement. (Id. at 2.) 24 For the following reasons, plaintiff’s motion to compel is GRANTED in PART and 25 DENIED in PART. Plaintiff’s request for sanctions and attorneys’ fees is DENIED. 26 ///// 27 //// 28 I. BACKGROUND This civil rights action arises from the death of thirty-seven-year-old William Hennefer, who died following a…