Sheriff’s Department Must Provide Some Documents In Dog Bite, Excessive Force Suit

Mealey's (September 19, 2022, 12:48 PM EDT) -- FRESNO, Calif. — A California magistrate judge on Sept. 14 handed a mixed ruling to a man who sought to compel discovery of several categories of documents withheld by a sheriff’s department that he sued after being injured by one of its canines, with the magistrate finding certain personnel and training records of the involved officers to be relevant, while finding withheld emails and communications to be privileged....