Morton
Morton v. County of San Diego
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,
ORDER DENYING EX PARTE
v. MOTION TO STAY AND
DIRECTING SUBMISSION OF
COUNTY OF SAN DIEGO, et al. ,
DOCUMENTS FOR IN CAMERA
Defendants. REVIEW
16 [Dkt. No. 146]
Before the Court is the County Defendants’ Ex Parte Application for an Order Staying the Court’s September 20, 2023 Discovery Order re Motion to Compel Pending District Judge Review. Dkt. No. 146. On September 20, 2023, the undersigned issued an order granting Plaintiffs’ motion to compel CIRB Reports relating to in-custody suicides over a five-year period, finding the County had not carried its burden to show that the documents were protected from disclosure by the attorney-client, official information, deliberative process, or law enforcement investigatory privileges, the work product doctrine, or HIPAA and similar medical privacy statutes.…