8 results for 'judge:"Major"'.
J. Major partly grants a civilian's motion to compel production of a police officer's personnel files after he performed a leg sweep on him, which resulted in a shattered eye socket. Although the files may contain some irrelevant information, the production of 300 pages is not disproportionate to the needs of the case. Furthermore, the officer's privacy concerns do not outweigh the civilian's need for the requested information, especially given that certain identifying information can be redacted.
Court: USDC Southern District of California, Judge: Major, Filed On: March 29, 2024, Case #: 3:23cv32, NOS: Other Civil Rights - Civil Rights, Categories: Civil Rights, Discovery, Police Misconduct
J. Major partly grants a fitness company's motion to compel a treadmill manufacturer to produce license agreements in this patent dispute. Because there is a question regarding the validity and applicability of a licensing and royalty agreement, the patents related to non-curved treadmills and their components are relevant and discoverable. However, the manufacturer is not entitled to the fitness company's profit and loss statements, as this is significant and sensitive financial information from a direct competitor.
Court: USDC Southern District of California, Judge: Major, Filed On: February 29, 2024, Case #: 3:22cv492, NOS: Patent - Property Rights, Categories: Patent, Discovery
J. Major grants the children's motion for limited discovery concerning claims that San Diego County violated their father's civil rights by failing to prevent him from dying from pneumonia, malnutrition and dehydration while incarcerated. The county must produce surveillance video of decedent in the 72 hours leading up to his death. The children already have the names of the officers in the video, so protecting their identity is not an issue. The county has failed to explain why a protective order regarding the video would be insufficient to protect any contemplated harm.
Court: USDC Southern District of California, Judge: Major, Filed On: February 26, 2024, Case #: 3:23cv1357, NOS: Other Civil Rights - Civil Rights, Categories: Civil Rights, Wrongful Death, Discovery
J. Major partially grants the parents' motion to compel the county to produce certain documents in their lawsuit alleging that the county violated their rights by impermissibly conducting video surveillance of their child during their investigation into abuse accusations against the parents. The parents are entitled to the names and contact information for all individuals that participated in the decision to videotape the child. The parents' need for the information outweighs the state's interests in keeping the juvenile case file materials confidential.
Court: USDC Southern District of California, Judge: Major, Filed On: January 8, 2024, Case #: 3:21cv341, NOS: Other Civil Rights - Civil Rights, Categories: Civil Rights, Discovery, Privilege
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J. Major grants a jet charter company's motion for monetary sanctions in a contract dispute brought by a doctor. Despite being ordered to provide discovery and warned that sanctions would be issued if he continued to fail to comply with his discovery obligations, the doctor failed to participate in discovery, pay prior sanctions, file any document, or appear in court as ordered. The doctor and his counsel are ordered to pay $1,140. Furthermore, it is recommended that the district judge issue a dismissal sanction.
Court: USDC Southern District of California, Judge: Major, Filed On: December 19, 2023, Case #: 3:19cv49, NOS: Other Contract - Contract, Categories: Sanctions, Discovery, Contract
J. Major denies the married couple's motion to compel documents concerning claims that they were falsely accused of committing burglary, which landed them both in jail overnight. The husband and wife fail to explain how internal affairs reports and photographs related to car accidents involving the defendant deputies are relevant and proportional to the needs of the case. Also, the couple seeks a video from the husband's booking at the jail, but the county performed a search and determined that no such video exists.
Court: USDC Southern District of California, Judge: Major, Filed On: November 9, 2023, Case #: 3:22cv512, NOS: Other Civil Rights - Civil Rights, Categories: Civil Rights, Discovery, Police Misconduct
J. Major grants in part the individual's motion to compel discovery in his case accusing the law firm of violating his due process rights while litigating against him in a divorce case by retaining a private judge who was biased in favor of the law firm. The firm must provide documents showing its policies or procedures for screening potential conflicts of interests when choosing cases and private judges. One of the attorneys must also produce all written communications between him and the private judge for a specified time period, other than those in which another attorney was copied.
Court: USDC Southern District of California, Judge: Major, Filed On: October 12, 2023, Case #: 3:22cv437, NOS: Other Civil Rights - Civil Rights, Categories: Due Process, Discovery