D.R.

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 D. R., et al., Case No. 19-cv-07152-MMC (TSH)

Plaintiffs,

DISCOVERY ORDER

v. Re: Dkt. No. 148 CONTRA COSTA COUNTY CA, et al., Defendants.

12 I. INTRODUCTION Pending before the Court is Plaintiffs’ Motion to Compel. ECF No. 148. The Court held a hearing on February 12, 2024, and now issues the following order. II. BACKGROUND The underlying case is an action for wrongful death, negligence, and Section 1983 claims brought on behalf of and by the parents of a child, Plaintiff D.R., who died while in custody of Contra Costa Children and Family Services. See ECF No. 72 (Pls.’ Third Amended Complaint). The cause of D.R.’s death is at issue in the litigation; the Contra Costa coroner listed the cause of death as “Probable Cardiac Rhythm Disorder (Dysrhythmia),” ECF No. 153-3 at 7, while Plaintiffs maintain that D.R. died of positional asphyxiation. ECF No. 148 at 3. In this…