Rubalcava
Rubalcava v. City Of San Jose
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA SAN JOSE DIVISION 7 LIONEL RUBALCAVA, Case No. 20-cv-04191-BLF (VKD)
Plaintiff,
ORDER RE FEBRUARY 24, 2023
v. DISCOVERY DISPUTE RE RULE 30(B)(6) DEPOSITION CITY OF SAN JOSE, et al., Re: Dkt. No. 164 Defendants.
13 Plaintiff Lionel Rubalcava and defendant City of San Jose ask the Court to resolve their dispute concerning Mr. Rubalcava’s proposed Rule 30(b)(6) deposition of the City regarding its policy on eyewitness identifications. Dkt. No. 164. The Court held a hearing on this matter on March 7, 2023. Dkt. No. 169. The Court concludes that Mr. Rubalcava may properly take the City’s deposition regarding its policy on eyewitness identifications, provided the deposition is limited as described below. I. BACKGROUND In this action, Mr. Rubalcava asserts claims for violations of his federal constitutional rights and violations of state law arising from his conviction in 2003 for the attempted…