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Parties Involved:
Jose Soltero
Defendant
USA
Plaintiff

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United States District Court

Northern District of California

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

Plaintiff,

v.

JOSE SOLTERO,

Defendant.

Case No. 13-cr-00007-SI-1 

ORDER GRANTING DEFENDANT'S 

MOTION TO COMPEL DISCOVERY

Re: Dkt. No. 151

On February 18, 2015, the Court held a hearing on defendant's motion to compel 

discovery. Having considered the specific context of this case and the nature of the charges 

against defendant, as well as the briefs, exhibits and oral arguments of the parties (and the exhibits 

provided to the Court at the hearing), the Court GRANTS defendant's motion to compel discovery.

Pursuant to Rule 16(a)(1)(E), Brady v. Maryland, 373 U.S. 83 (1967), Giglio v. United 

States, 405 U.S. 150 (1972), and United States v. Henthorn, 931 F.2d 29 (9th Cir. 1991), the Court 

orders the government to produce the following by February 20, 2015: 

(1) The full and complete government investigation(s) into the public corruption 

allegations made against the San Francisco Police Department Officer and Officer Ricky ----. If 

the government has produced all such materials, the government shall affirm that everything it has 

produced constitutes the entirety of the investigation.

(2) Any and all impeachment information relating to Kevin Lieu, Eric Tran, and Sam Mac,

including their Confidential Informant files, any evidence of benefits conferred upon or offered to 

them by state or federal authorities in exchange their cooperation, any results from investigations 

into their previous criminal activity and any criminal history reports.

(3) Kevin Lieu’s Confidential Informant File from the San Francisco Police Department. 

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The government is ordered to ask the SFPD an additional time whether the SFPD has a 

confidential informant file on Lieu. The government is also ordered to ask the San Francisco 

Police Department Officer whether he has any type of file on Lieu, including an informal 

confidential informant file. If there is no confidential informant file for Lieu, the government shall 

so state.

(4) Any Henthorn material related to all law enforcement witnesses on its recently-filed 

witness list, including any material related to the San Francisco Police Department Officer. The 

government is ordered to follow up on all previous Henthorn inquiries to confirm that the agencies 

either do not have any Henthorn material or that all Henthorn material will be produced forthwith. 

The government shall make a specific Henthorn inquiry regarding the San Francisco Police 

Department Officer. The government shall produce any complaints against the San Francisco 

Police Department Officer; if the government is not sure whether any material should be 

produced, the government shall submit such material to the Court in camera. If there are no 

responsive documents, the government shall state that this is the case. 

(5) All SFPD, Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI”) and Drug Enforcement 

Administration (“DEA”) official policies regarding confidential informants and human sources.

(6) Records relating to cases in which Mr. Soltero provided information to law 

enforcement as a confidential source that disclose the type and number of criminals Mr. Soltero 

helped apprehend.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: February18, 2015

______________________________________

SUSAN ILLSTON

United States District Judge

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