Morton

Morton v. County of San Diego

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United States District Court, Southern District of CaliforniaJune 27, 20233:21-cv-01428California6,093 words

Opinion

Trial Court Opinion

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

Plaintiffs,

AMENDED ORDER GRANTING IN

v. PART AND DENYING IN PART

PLAINTIFFS’ MOTION TO

COUNTY OF SAN DIEGO, et al.,

COMPEL PRODUCTION OF

Defendants. DOCUMENTS

[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…

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