Morton

Morton v. County of San Diego

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United States District Court, Southern District of CaliforniaSeptember 20, 20233:21-cv-01428California9,818 words

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Trial Court Opinion

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 AS MOOT

PLAINTIFFS’ MOTION TO

COUNTY OF SAN DIEGO, et al.,

COMPEL PRODUCTION OF

Defendants. DOCUMENTS

16 [Dkt. No. 114] 17 I. INTRODUCTION Joseph Morton committed suicide in May 2020 while in custody at the Vista Detention Facility. Plaintiffs seek to compel the County of San Diego (“County”) to produce 19 reports generated by the San Diego Sheriff’s Department’s Critical Incident Review Board (“CIRB”) pertaining to other in-custody suicides from January 2015 to May 2020. Plaintiffs also seek to compel production of Sheriff’s Department Internal Affairs reports pertaining to three of those suicides and Citizens Law Enforcement Review Board (“CLERB”) reports in the County’s possession. The primary issue is…

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