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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

MAURICE CALDWELL,

Plaintiff,

v.

CITY OF SAN FRANCISCO, et al.,

Defendants.

Case No. 12-cv-01892-EDL 

ORDER

Re: Dkt. No. 161

On August 21, 2015, Defendants filed a motion to compel production of documents and 

deposition testimony from attorney Paige Kaneb. On September 30, 2015, this Court ordered 

supplemental briefing as to whether the exception to -- rather than waiver of -- the attorney-client 

privilege created by California Evidence Code section 958 applies to the filing of Ms. Kaneb’s 

August 11, 2010 declaration without a protective order in support of Plaintiff’s habeas petition. 

While a close question as there are no cases directly on point, Ms. Kaneb’s declaration is relevant 

to Plaintiff’s claim of ineffective assistance of counsel as it bears on whether Plaintiff was 

prejudiced by his trial attorney’s failure to investigate Henry Martin. Accordingly, under section 

958, it appears that California courts would likely find that Plaintiff did not waive privilege by the 

filing of Ms. Kaneb’s declaration in support of his habeas petition. See Fed. R. Evid. 502(c)

(“When the disclosure is made in a state proceeding and is not the subject of a state-court order 

concerning waiver, the disclosure does not operate as a waiver in a federal proceeding if the 

disclosure . . . is not a waiver under the law of the state where the disclosure occurred.”).

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: October 9, 2015

________________________

ELIZABETH D. LAPORTE

United States Magistrate Judge

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