Morton

Morton v. County of San Diego

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United States District Court, Southern District of CaliforniaJune 20, 20233:21-cv-01428California6,009 words

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 MARILYN MORTON, et al. Case No.: 21-cv-1428-MMA-DDL

Plaintiffs,

ORDER GRANTING IN PART AND

v. DENYING IN PART PLAINTIFFS’

MOTION TO COMPEL

COUNTY OF SAN DIEGO, et al.,

PRODUCTION OF DOCUMENTS

Defendants.

[Dkt. No. 56]

17 I. INTRODUCTION Joseph Morton committed suicide while incarcerated at the Vista Detention Facility. Following Morton’s death, the San Diego Sheriff’s Department’s Critical Incident Review Board (“CIRB”) conducted a review as required by Sheriff’s Department policy and generated a CIRB Report. In this civil rights action arising from Morton’s death, Plaintiffs Marilyn and Dean Morton move to compel production of (1) the CIRB Report and related documents, (2) documents from the Citizens Law Enforcement Review Board (“CLERB”) pertaining to Morton’s death, and (3) emails between employees of Defendant Liberty 27 …

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