PETITION FOR PRELIMINARY INJUNCTION/WRIT OF MANDATE FOR A
TEMPORARY STAY PRECLUDING DISCLOSURE OF THE AUTOPSY REPORT OR ANY
PORTION THEREOF FOR DR. JENNIFER GONZALEZ AND HER UNBORN CHILD TO
THE PUBLIC, INCLUDING TO THE NAPA VALLEY REGISTER OR ANY OTHER MEDIA
TENTATIVE RULING: Petitioner Theodore Joseph Shushereba, and Consolidated
Petitioners Marc Golick, Donald Loeber and Marie Loeber petition the Court for a Preliminary Injunction/Writ of Mandate ordering Respondent Napa County, Office of County Counsel stayed from disclosing, producing, or disseminating the respective autopsy reports, or any part or parts thereof, for decedents Dr. Jennifer Gonzales, her unborn child, Christine Loeber, and Jennifer Gray Golick.
The instant petitions arise in response to a California Public Records Act (CPRA) request submitted by the Napa Valley Register to Respondent Napa County on November 13, 2018. The Request seeks access to or copies of the County’s autopsy reports of four individuals who died M