Estate of Alejandro Sanchez v. County of Stanislaus

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 11 ESTATE OF ALEJANDRO SANCHEZ, et No. 1:18-cv-00977-DAD-CKD al., 12 Plaintiffs, 13 ORDER GRANTING IN PART AND v. DENYING IN PART DEFENDANTS’ 14 MOTION TO QUASH PLAINTIFFS’ TRIAL COUNTY OF STANISLAUS, et al., SUBPOENA 15 Defendants. (Doc. No. 136) 16

17 18 This matter is before the court on defendants’ ex parte motion to quash a trial subpoena 19 that plaintiffs served on the custodian of records/evidence for the Stanislaus County Sheriff’s 20 Department on February 20, 2024. (Doc. No. 136.) For the reasons explained below, defendants’ 21 motion to quash will be granted in part and denied in part. 22 BACKGROUND 23 On June 16, 2020, plaintiffs Bertha Sanchez and Estate of Alejandro Sanchez filed the 24 operative second amended complaint (“SAC”) in this action brought against defendants County 25 of Stanislaus, Stanislaus County Sheriff’s Department, Stanislaus County Sheriff Adam 26 Christianson1, and…