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Nature of Suit Code: 440
Nature of Suit: Other Civil Rights
Cause of Action: 42:1983 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

JOHN TENNISON,

Plaintiff,

v.

CITY & COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO, et

al.,

Defendants.

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No. C-04-0574 CW (EMC)

ORDER RE JOINT LETTER OF JUNE

10, 2005

(Docket No. 228)

Plaintiff John Tennison and Defendant the City and County of San Francisco (the “City”)

have filed a joint letter, dated June 10, 2005, essentially seeking clarification regarding a prior Court

order, filed on January 12, 2005. See Docket No. 64. The City argues that, pursuant to that order, it

does not have to produce documents involving allegations of lying by the individual officers but

rather only documents involving actual instances of lying. See Joint letter of 1/12/05, at 2 (claiming

that files “involve allegations of dishonesty that were thoroughly investigated and determined to be

unfounded”). Mr. Tennison argues otherwise.

The Court rejects the City’s position. To the extent that the order was unclear because it

referred generally to “instances of lying” and did not specify whether those instances were simply

alleged or instead actual, the Court now clarifies that the scope of the order was intended to include

any alleged instance of lying, whether or not the City ultimately concluded that the allegation was

unfounded.

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United States District Court

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The Court declines to conduct any in camera review of the documents proffered by the City.

This order disposes of Docket No. 228.

IT IS SO ORDERED

Dated: June 14, 2005

 EDWARD M. CHEN

United States Magistrate Judge

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