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Nature of Suit Code: 440
Nature of Suit: Other Civil Rights
Cause of Action: 28:1441 Petition for Removal- Civil Rights Act

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United States District Court

For the Northern District of California

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

DAVID G. LEWIS, No. C-03-0359 MMC (JCS)

Plaintiff(s),

v. ORDER GRANTING IN PART AND 

DENYING IN PART MOTION BY

CRAIG FRANKLIN, ET AL., NON-PARTY TO QUASH OR 

MODIFY SUBPOENA

Defendant(s).

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On July 24, 2006, non-party Christopher Towler (“Towler”) filed a Motion to Quash or

Modify Subpoena directed to the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation

(“CDCR”) (the "Subpoena"). The Subpoena sought all CDCR files regarding Towler. Plaintiff filed

a letter brief in opposition to the Motion on August 7, 2006. The Attorney General of the State of

California, representing Defendants Franklin and Reynoso, along with the CDCR, filed a letter

providing background information and non-opposition on August 7, 2006.

The Motion does not identify any privilege that would be applicable to the Subpoena. 

Nonetheless, Plaintiff agrees that psychological or medical records regarding Towler included in the

CDCR records may be governed by a right of privacy. Plaintiff agrees that those records need not be

produced. The Court will therefore will not order the production of medical and psychological

records at this time.

Plaintiff’s opposition also requests that the Court order that documents related to certain

matters be produced without redaction. That matter is not properly before the Court at this time. If,

after receipt of the production, Plaintiff determines that there are certain matters that were

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improperly redacted, he may bring it to the attention of this Court after properly meeting and

conferring in person with counsel for the CDCR. 

CONCLUSION

For all of the foregoing reasons, IT IS ORDERED that the Motion is GRANTED IN PART

and DENIED IN PART. The documents produced pursuant to the Subpoena are currently in the

custody of the Court. Counsel for the CDCR is ORDERED to take possession of those documents,

remove from the production any medical or psychological records relating to inmate Towler, and

thereafter produce all remaining documents in the production to counsel for the parties to this action.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: August 14, 2006 

JOSEPH C. SPERO

United States Magistrate Judge

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