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Parties Involved:
County of Merced
Defendant
County of Merced District Attorney
Defendant
Diane Goins
Plaintiff
Merle Wayne Hutton
Defendant
Wesley Rentfrow
Plaintiff

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

DIANE GOINS, et al., 

Plaintiffs,

v.

COUNTY OF MERCED, et al.,

Defendants.

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Case No. 1:13-cv-01245-AWI-SKO

ORDER RE THE PARTIES’

DISCOVERY DISPUTE

(Doc. 45)

On April 1, 2015, the parties appeared for an informal telephonic conference regarding a 

discovery dispute. Roger Matzkind, Esq., appeared on behalf of Defendants County of Merced 

and County of Merced District Attorney; Laurie Schrum, Esq., appeared on behalf of Defendant 

Merle Wayne Hutton; and, William Smith, Esq., appeared on behalf of Plaintiffs Diane Goins and 

Wesley Rentfrow. 

The parties agreed that Plaintiff Diane Goins will supplement her responses to Special 

Interrogatories 6, 10, 11, 12, 13, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, and 22, and Plaintiff Wesley Rentfrow will 

supplement his responses to Special Interrogatories 1, 2, 4, 8, 12, 13, 14, 15, 18, 19, 20, 21, and 

22, as follows: 

1. Plaintiffs shall provide all facts, including specific dates, names, and other identifying 

information, in support of their contentions and state whether those facts are based on specific 

documents. 

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2. Plaintiffs shall identify all writings supporting their contentions, adding citations to any 

writings or documents that support their allegations and specifying what documents within the 

EEOC file support their allegations. 

3. The parties shall engage in a reasonable and diligent inquiry to locate witnesses and 

provide current, identifying information for each named witness, including current addresses and 

telephone numbers. To the extent a party is unable to locate such identifying information after a 

reasonable search and diligent inquiry, such party shall state that the witnesses’ identifying 

information is unknown. 

4. Plaintiffs shall supplement their request for damages to provide specific damage estimates

and provide any documentation supporting those claims. 

Defendants County of Merced and County of Merced District Attorney shall produce to the 

Plaintiffs copies of the transcript of Defendant Hutton’s administrative appeal hearing, as well as 

any notes taken of Plaintiffs’ statements by the County attorney investigating the claims leading to 

the administrative appeal hearing. To the extent that Defendants County of Merced and County of 

Merced District Attorney are able to do so, they shall identify which specific portions of the 

hearing transcript and investigative notes pertain directly to Plaintiffs’ statements made regarding 

Defendant Hutton’s alleged conduct. 

Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that: 

1. Plaintiffs shall provide all supplemental responses to the Special Interrogatories to 

Defendants County of Merced and County of Merced District Attorney by April 8, 2015; and 

2. Defendants County of Merced and County of Merced District Attorney shall 

provide copies of the administrative hearing transcript and the investigative notes to Plaintiffs by 

April 8, 2015. 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: April 3, 2015 /s/ Sheila K. Oberto 

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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