Quinto-Collins

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 MARIA CASSANDRA QUINTO- Case No. 21-cv-06094-AMO (AGT) COLLINS, et al., 8 Plaintiffs, DISCOVERY ORDER 9 v. Re: Dkt. No. 77 10 CITY OF ANTIOCH, et al., 11 Defendants.

12 On December 6, 2023, the parties filed a joint discovery letter brief in which defendants seek “the limited psychotherapist records of Decedent Angelo Quinto [] from Rei Y. Francisco, LMFT, a family therapist, and any relevant testimony of Ms. Francisco (who is under subpoena) regarding these records.” Dkt. 77 at 2. Defendants believe that Quinto received “limited psychiatric therapy with Ms. Rei Y. Francisco in 2020, likely only a few times, up until his death,” and they argue that the records from those sessions are “directly relevant and necessary to Defendants’ ability to defend the case.” Id. at 3–4. Plaintiffs (Quinto’s mother and his sister) have refused to authorize disclosure of the requested records on grounds of psychotherapist-patient privilege. According to the parties, they “have met…