Judge: Nick A. Dourbetas, Case: 2020-01155502, Date: 2022-09-16 Tentative Ruling

Motion for Discovery Protective Orders- for Disclosure and use of Peace Officer Personnel Records

Defendant City of Fountain Valley’s motion for disclosure and use of peace officer personnel records is GRANTED.  (Evid. Code, § 1043; Penal Code, §§ 832.7, 832.8; Pitchess v. Superior Court (1974) 11 Cal.3d 531.)

The court orders that the custodian of records for the Fountain Valley Police Department produce the records described in the notice of motion (Page 2, Lines 6-11) for an in-camera review on December 19, 2022, at 10 a.m. in Dept. C14.  The court will conduct an in-camera review at that time and will order disclosure after that review only of those documents it determines are relevant to the matter involved in the pending litigation.  (Evid. Code, § 1045, subd. (a).) 

Moving party shall give notice.