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Parties Involved:
City Of Fresno
Defendant
Holly Louen
Plaintiff
Brian Twedt
Defendant

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

HOLLY LOUEN, )

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Plaintiff, )

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vs. ) 

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FRESNO POLICE OFFICER BRIAN )

TWEDT; THE CITY OF FRESNO, )

CALIFORNIA, )

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Defendants. )

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1:04-cv-06556-OWW-SMS

ORDER RE: SCOPE CLARIFICATION

re: PLAINTIFF’S MOTION TO

COMPEL PRODUCTION OF PERSONNEL

RECORDS OF DEFENDANT BRIAN

TWEDT AND FURTHER DEPOSITION

ON PERSONNEL ISSUES:

FILED: 1/31/06 (Doc. 70)

HEARING: 3/03/06 (Doc. 83)

Plaintiff(s) Motion to Compel Production of Personnel Records

of Defendant Brian Twedt and Further Deposition on Personnel

Issues, filed January 31, 2006 (Doc. 70), came on regularly for

hearing on March 3, 2006 at 9:30 a.m. in Courtroom No. 7 before the

Honorable Sandra M. Snyder, United States Magistrate Judge. Kevin

G. Little, Esq., appeared on behalf of plaintiff. Gregory L.

Myers, Esq., of Myers & Mayfield, appeared on behalf of defendant,

Brian Twedt. Rosemary T. McGuire, Esq., of Weakley, Ratliff,

Arendt & McGuire, LLP, appeared on behalf of defendant, City of

Fresno.

The court Minutes (Doc. 83) indicate the motion was,

“...argued and the Motion is GRANTED-in-Part and DENIED-in-Part,

Order to follow.” However, for clarification, pursuant to the

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Transcript (Doc. 135) of the proceedings filed on August 1, 2006,

page 8, lines 22-25, states, “...it is not my intention to issue a

written order from today’s hearing, as my ruling is now on the

record. A written order will be served on all parties regarding

the results of my records search.”

Further, at page 5-6, lines 22-3, it was the Court’s,

“... intention to order...Ms. McGuire, to have the city’s legal

officer and/or custodian of records deliver Officer Twedt’s

personnel files and any IA files that relate to any investigation

done regarding any contact with either Ms. Louen or Mr. Louen or

Ms. Guzman-McGill to my chambers in the next 10 days for strictly

in camera review.”

At page 6, lines 7-13, states, “I will thereafter issue a

written order about what, if anything, is ordered produced. The

order will clearly state that what is produced is for attorneys’

and experts’ eyes only, the clients may not view nor certainly have

copies of what is produced, and that anything produced in this

action is strictly for the use in this action only.” 

At pages 6-7, lines 20-3, state, “I would like to be provided

copies of Clovis police reports 02-8699, 04-4314, as well as the

somewhat infamous restraining order from the State Court and a

complete copy of the June 2005 State Court complaint filed by...Mr.

Myers, on behalf of the Twedts as against Ms. Guzman-McGill and

Mike Louen. This is all a pretty tangled web and in order for me

to make educated decisions during document review, I really do need

to understand the bigger picture, the whole dynamic...”

At page 8, lines 16-21, states, “So it is my intention to

grant the motion in part and deny the motion in part. And I would

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then direct to have the records as described delivered to my

chambers within the next 10 days. I would like for the three of

you to work out who’s going to provide me with...those Clovis

police reports and any other pleadings that I have set forth.”

Therefore, the following is hereby specifically ORDERED

delivered directly to chambers, to be coordinated with either

Courtroom Deputy Harriet Herman at (559) 499-5692 -OR- Judicial

Assistant Frances Robles at (559) 499-5690, within ten (10) days

from the date of service of this order:

1. Ms. McGuire is ORDERED to have the City’s legal officer

and/or custodian of records deliver Officer Twedt’s personnel

files, and any IA files that relate to any investigation done

regarding any contact with either Ms. Louen or Mr. Louen or Ms.

Guzman-McGill, strictly in-camera review.

2. Copies of Clovis police reports 02-8699 and 04-4314.

3. A copy of the restraining order from the State Court.

4. A complete copy of the June 2005 State Court complaint

filed by Mr. Myers, on behalf of the Twedts, as against Ms. GuzmanMcGill and Mike Louen.

5. A copy of Judge Putnam’s order, the factual findings

comprising approximately eight (8) pages.

6. All counsel to work out who shall be responsible for

providing the Court with the Clovis police reports, as well as the

other pleadings ordered provided hereinabove.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: November 14, 2006 /s/ Sandra M. Snyder 

icido3 UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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