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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

Northern District of California

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

MARK VASQUEZ PAJAS, et al.,

Plaintiffs,

v.

COUNTY OF MONTEREY, et al.,

Defendants.

Case No.16-cv-00945-BLF (SVK)

ORDER GRANTING IN PART AND 

DENYING IN PART PLAINTIFFS’

REQUEST OF MAY 19, 2017

Re: Dkt. No. 136

The Court has reviewed the parties’ submissions regarding production of electronically 

stored information (“ESI”) and other documents by defendant County of Monterey (the 

“County”). Having addressed similar issues between Plaintiffs and both this and another 

defendant in this case,1the Court orders the County to complete its production of documents as set 

forth below. Plaintiffs seek a court-imposed deadline for completion of ESI production. Plaintiffs 

also seek production of 1) documents related to in-custody deaths at Monterey County Jail of 

individuals experiencing opiate, alcohol, or benzodiazepine withdrawal and/or detoxification; and 

2) staffing shift reports for the time period of Pajas’s incarceration. Finally, Plaintiffs request 

leave to move for sanctions. 

In light of the nature and substance of the meet and confer efforts by both parties, the 

pending discovery cutoff of July 28, 2017, and the outstanding depositions, the County is ordered 

to produce all outstanding ESI identified by the search terms previously agreed upon by the parties 

no later than by June 16, 2017. If the County’s ESI production is already complete, it is to 

provide written confirmation of that fact to the Court and to Plaintiffs no later than June 2, 2017. 

 

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United States District Court

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The County is further ordered to produce all documents relating to in-custody deaths of 

individuals experiencing opiate, alcohol, or benzodiazepine withdrawal and/or detoxification 

during the relevant time period, not just documents relating to in-custody deaths of inmates 

undergoing any detox treatment program for opiate, alcohol, or benzodiazepine withdrawal and/or 

detoxification at the time of his or her death. The County must complete this production by 

June 16, 2017. If the County’s production of documents responsive to this request is already 

complete, it is to provide written confirmation of that fact to the Court and to Plaintiffs no later 

than June 2, 2017. 

Plaintiffs’ request for staffing shift reports is denied because the County has stated that the 

documents do not exist, and Plaintiffs do not dispute this position. Plaintiffs’ request for leave to 

file a motion for sanctions is denied. 

The Court sets a status call for June 22, 2017, at 10 a.m. to ensure the County has 

complied with the above deadlines. If the Parties agree that no such call is necessary, they may so 

inform the Court. 

SO ORDERED. 

Dated: 5/31/2017

SUSAN VAN KEULEN 

United States Magistrate Judge 

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