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Nature of Suit Code: 442
Nature of Suit: Civil Rights Employment
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

STACIE PLUMMER,

Plaintiff,

v.

CITY OF RICHMOND, et al.,

Defendants.

Case No. 14-cv-03962-VC 

ORDER RE DISCOVERY ISSUES

Re: 71, 72, 76, 78

The City has waived the attorney-client privilege with respect to the reports prepared by 

Sue Ann Van Dermyden that were the subject of the press release. See, e.g., Electro Scientific 

Indus. v. Gen. Scanning, Inc., 175 F.R.D. 539, 542-544 (N.D. Cal. 1997). The City is ordered to 

submit a copy of the reports within 7 days of the date of this order for in camera inspection after 

highlighting any text the City believes should be redacted for employee privacy reasons or because 

it is beyond the scope of the waiver. The parties may decide among themselves whether the 

reports should be the subject of a protective order; that decision will have no bearing on the 

Court's decision whether the documents should be filed under seal if they become part of the 

record in this case.

The City is ordered to inform the Court within 14 days of the date of this order how it is 

handling Mr. Herrera's motion. If necessary, the Court will rule on the issue after it receives the 

City's response.

The defendants' request for a protective order with respect to the Requests for Admission is 

granted. Because the position Plummer took in the dispute about the Requests for Admission was 

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vexatious, she is ordered to pay the fees and costs the defendants incurred in litigating the dispute. 

The parties are ordered to meet and confer to determine the reasonable amount of fees and costs 

incurred. If the parties are unable to agree, the defendants should file a declaration within 7 days 

of the date of this order in support of their request. Plummer will have 4 days to respond, at which 

point the Court will issue a ruling. 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: July 9, 2015

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 VINCE CHHABRIA

 United States District Judge

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