Superior Court of California

County of Los Angeles

Lee Rossum, Plaintiff,

Case No. 19STCV20820 v. [Tentative] Ruling

Los Angeles County Probation Department, Defendant.

Hearing Date: September 30, 2020

Department 49, Judge Stuart M. Rice

(1) Plaintiff’s Pitchess Motion

Moving Party: Plaintiff Lee Rossum

Responding Party: Defendant County of Los Angeles

Ruling: The hearing on this motion is continued to November 20, 2020 at 2 p.m. This motion concerns voluminous discovery requests, many of which are not properly the subject of a Pitchess motion. The parties are ordered to meet and confer in good faith and to file a joint statement five court days prior to the next hearing date setting forth the requests that are properly the subject of this motion.

The California Supreme Court’s decision in Pitchess v. Superior Court (1974) 11 Cal.3d 531 “established that a criminal defendant could compel discovery of certain relevant information in the personnel files of police officers by m