Kirkpatrick
Kirkpatrick v. City of Oakland, California
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 ANNE KIRKPATRICK, Case No. 20-cv-05843-JSC
Plaintiff,
PUBLIC RELATIONS CONSULTANT
v. PRIVILEGE DISPUTE
CITY OF OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA, Re: Dkt. No. 75 Defendant.
12 Pending before the Court is a discovery dispute joint letter regarding Plaintiff’s insistence that certain communications with her public relations consultant are privileged from discovery. (Dkt. No. 75.) Having reviewed the parties’ written arguments and the pleadings in this action, as well as having conducted an in camera review of exemplar communications chosen by each side, the Court concludes that oral argument is not required. See N.D. Cal. Civ. L.R. 7-1(b). LEGAL STANDARD Federal law governs application of the privilege in this case. (Dkt. No. 65 at 1.) Chief Kirkpatrick, as the party resisting discovery, bears the burden of proving that the withheld documents are protected by the attorney-client or work-product privileges and that…