Sherman
Sherman v. The Regents of University of California
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA SAN JOSE DIVISION 7 BENJAMIN SHERMAN, et al., Case No. 20-cv-06441-VKD
Plaintiffs,
ORDER RE DECEMBER 22, 2021
v. DISCOVERY DISPUTE RE DEFENDANT'S ASSERTION OF THE REGENTS OF UNIVERSITY OF PRIVILEGE
CALIFORNIA,
Re: Dkt. No. 33 Defendant.
13 Plaintiffs Benjamin Sherman and Zayd Hammoudeh and defendant The Regents of the University of California (“The Regents”) ask the Court to resolve a dispute concerning The Regents’ assertion of the deliberate process and official information privileges. Dkt. No. 33. The Court finds this dispute suitable for determination without oral argument. See Civil L.R. 7-1(b). For the reasons explained below, the Court concludes that The Regents may not rely on the deliberative process or official information privileges to withhold responsive documents or portions of responsive documents from production. I. BACKGROUND Plaintiffs…