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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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Case No. 5:14-cv-00847-EJD

ORDER RE: DISCOVERY DISPUTE 

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United States District Court

For the Northern District of California

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

SAN JOSE DIVISION

RONALD W. CAMPBELL,

 Plaintiff,

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COUNTY OF SANTA CRUZ, et al., 

 Defendants. 

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Case No. 5:14-cv-00847-EJD

ORDER RE: DISCOVERY DISPUTE 

(Re: Docket No. 54)

Plaintiff Ronald W. Campbell seeks production of four internal investigation files 

concerning Defendant Matt Delorenzo. The files are in the custody of third party San Jose Police 

Department—where Delorenzo worked after working in the Santa Cruz County Sheriff’s Office. 

Campbell wants these files to prove Delorenzo’s intent or absence of mistake in taking the actions 

in Santa Cruz County at issue in this case. Defendants Delorenzo and County of Santa Cruz 

oppose. 

There is no real dispute that in the Ninth Circuit, subsequent acts may be admissible under 

Fed. R. Evid. 404(b) and therefore discoverable under Fed. R. Civ. P. 26(b)(1).1 The parties’ 

dispute lies in whether Campbell can meet his burden to show that (1) there is sufficient proof for 

 

1 See United States v. Bibo-Rodriguez, 922 F.2d 1398, 1400 (9th Cir. 1991) (“By its very terms, 

404(b) does not distinguish between ‘prior’ and ‘subsequent’ acts. We have specifically allowed 

prior act evidence . . . [and] we allowed subsequent act evidence to prove intent.”); United States v. 

Ayers, 924 F.2d 1468, 1473 (9th Cir. 1991) (“[I]t is clear that evidence of subsequent crimes or acts 

of misconduct is admissible if it is relevant to an issue at trial.”).

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