Estate of Bui v. City of Westminster Police Department

ORDER OVERRULING DEFENDANTS’ OBJECTIONS TO DISCOVERY ORDER OF MAGISTRATE JUDGE BLOCK

CARNEY, District Judge.

I. INTRODUCTION

Defendants City of Westminster Police Department (“WPD”) and Officer Charles *593Shinn, III (“Officer Shinn”) (collectively, “Defendants”) object to the discovery order of Magistrate Judge Block requiring them to produce the WPD’s internal affairs investigation report (“IA report”) in the context of a § 1983 civil rights action regarding the death of Hoang Tan Bui, Plaintiffs’ decedent.1 The IA report is based on and includes compelled statements made by Officer Shinn during…