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Nature of Suit Code: 362
Nature of Suit: Medical Malpractice
Cause of Action: 42:1983 Civil Rights Act

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[PROPOSED] ORDER ON PLAINTIFFS’ MOTION TO COMPEL 3:08-cv-02675-EDL 

AND COUNTY DEFENDANTS’ MOTION TO QUASH 

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Gregory G. Spaulding, Esq. (SB# 106606) 

Terry S. Sterling, Esq. (SB# 106379) 

SPAULDING McCULLOUGH & TANSIL LLP 

90 South E Street, Suite 200 

P.O. Box 1867 

Santa Rosa, CA 95402 

Telephone: (707) 524-1900 / Facsimile: (707) 524-1906 

spaulding@smlaw.com; sterling@smlaw.com

Attorneys for Defendants 

SONOMA COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT, 

BILL COGBILL and COUNTY OF SONOMA 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

VALERIE GEORGE, as Administrator and 

Personal Representative of THE ESTATE OF 

RYAN GEORGE; VALERIE GEORGE and 

TAJMAH BEAUCHAMP, as Legal 

Representatives for Jaida George and Ryan 

George, Jr.; VALERIE GEORGE, Individually; 

DONALD GEORGE; and TAJMAH 

BEAUCHAMP, Individually, 

 Plaintiffs, 

 vs. 

SONOMA COUNTY SHERIFF'S 

DEPARTMENT; BILL COGBILL; COUNTY 

OF SONOMA; CALIFORNIA FORENSIC 

MEDICAL GROUP, INC.; JAMES LUDERS, 

M.D.; MICHAEL E. DAGEY, R.N.; SUTTER 

HEALTH; SUTTER MEDICAL CENTER OF 

SANTA ROSA; EDWARD W. HARD, M.D.; 

RICHARD FLINDERS, M.D.; JOSEPH N. 

MATEL, M.D.; NORICK JANIAN, M.D.; and 

DOES 1 through 25, inclusive, 

 Defendants. 

Case No.: 3:08-cv-02675-EDL 

[PROPOSED] ORDER ON PLAINTIFFS’ 

MOTION TO COMPEL AND COUNTY 

DEFENDANTS’ MOTION TO QUASH 

Date: January 12, 2010 

Time: 2:00 p.m. 

Ctrm: E, 15th Floor 

Magistrate Judge Elizabeth D. Laporte

Plaintiffs filed their Motion to Compel on November 13, 2009. On December 11, 2009, this 

Court filed its Order Setting Briefing Schedule And Hearing Date For Plaintiffs' Motion To Compel 

Depositions Of District Attorney Stephan Passalacqua, Assistant District Attorney Robert LaForge 

And Dr. R. Ward Hagar And Finding The Remainder Of Plaintiffs' Motion To Compel Untimely. 

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The December 11, 2009 Order disposed of the most of Motion to Compel, with the exception of 

plaintiffs' request for an Order allowing them to take the depositions of District Attorney Stephan 

Passalacqua, Assistant District Attorney Robert LaForge and Dr. R. Ward Hagar. Plaintiffs' request 

to take those depositions, and the County defendants' Motion To Quash Deposition Subpoenas For 

Depositions Of Dr. R. Ward Hagar, Stephen Passalacqua And Robert La Forge, came on for hearing 

on January 12, 2010. After considering all pleadings, papers and arguments in support of and in 

opposition to the Motion to Compel and the Motion to Quash, and good cause appearing therefore, 

IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the Motions are denied in part and granted in part. The 

Motion to Compel's request for an Order allowing plaintiffs to take the depositions of District 

Attorney Stephan Passalacqua, Assistant District Attorney Robert LaForge and Dr. R. Ward Hagar is 

denied. Sonoma County’s counsel has represented to the Court that Sonoma County will not call Dr. 

Hagar as an expert in this case. The Motion to Quash the deposition subpoenas served on District 

Attorney Stephan Passalacqua, Assistant District Attorney Robert LaForge and Dr. R. Ward Hagar is 

granted.

IT IS HEREBY FURTHER ORDERED that the Motion to Compel the Sonoma County 

District Attorney's Office to produce copies of any witness statements relating to the District 

Attorney's investigation into the death of Ryan George that are in the custody or under the control of 

the Sonoma County District Attorney's Office, is granted. Copies of such witness statements shall be 

produced by the Sonoma County District Attorney's Office within twenty (20) days of the date of this 

Order.

DATED: , 2010 

HONORABLE ELIZABETH D. LAPORTE 

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