Bell v. Williams

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 VINCENT KEITH BELL, Case No. 18-cv-01245-SI

Plaintiff,

ORDER RE: DISCOVERY

v. Re: Dkt. No. 79 CITY AND COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO, et al., 11 Defendants.

13 The parties have submitted a joint discovery letter regarding plaintiff’s requests for 14 “disciplinary histories for sustained or unsustained complaints” filed against defendant deputies and 15 other involved deputies. Defendants state that they have searched for sustained complaints against 16 the named defendants “concerning conduct similar to the conduct alleged here,” as well as 17 dishonesty, going back five years prior to the incident, and that they found no sustained complaints. 18 Dkt. No. 79 at 3. 19 The current dispute concerns: (1) whether defendants should be required to search for 20 responsive documents earlier than five years prior to the incident, with plaintiff seeking no time 21 limitation on his requests; (2) whether plaintiff may seek unsustained complaints in addition to 22 sustained complaints; (3) whether…