Sehlmeyer v. Department of General Services
California Court of Appeal
[Opinion certified for partial publication.*]
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
VOGEL (Miriam A.), J.
We hold in this case that an administrative subpoena duces tecum issued to obtain a third party witness’s personal records must be preceded by notice to the witness.
Facts
Ellen Sehlmeyer complained to the Board of Psychology of the State of California about Craig Stempf, a licensed clinical psychologist. The board initiated disciplinary action against Stempf and a hearing was set before an administrative law judge (acting under the auspices of the Department of General Services of the State of California). In anticipation of the hearing, Stempf served 17 or more…
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