RIVERSIDE COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPT. v. STIGLITZ

No. S206350.

60 Cal.4th 624 (2014)

181 Cal. Rptr. 3d 1

339 P.3d 295

RIVERSIDE COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. JAN STIGLITZ, as Hearing Officer, etc., Defendant and Respondent; KRISTY DRINKWATER, Real Party in Interest and Respondent; RIVERSIDE SHERIFFS' ASSOCIATION, Intervener and Appellant. RIVERSIDE COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. JAN STIGLITZ, as Hearing Officer, etc., Defendant and Respondent; KRISTY DRINKWATER, Real Party in Interest and Appellant.

Supreme Court of California.

December 1, 2014.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hayes & Cunningham, Dennis J. Hayes , Adam E. Chaikin and Amanda K. Hansen for Intervener and Appellant.

Stone Busailah, Michael P. Stone , Muna Busailah , Melanie C. Smith , Robert Rabe and Travis M. Poteat for Real Party in Interest and Appellant and Real Party in Interest and Respondent.

Lackie, Dammeier & McGill and Michael A. Morguess for Peace Officers' Research Association of California Legal Defense Fund as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Intervener and Appellant, Real Party in Interest and Appellant and Real Party in Interest and Respondent.

Silver, Hadden, Silver, Wexler & Levine, Richard A. Levine , Brian P. Ross and Michael Simidjian for Los Angeles Police Protective League as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Intervener and Appellant, Real Party in Interest and Appellant and Real Party in Interest and Respondent.

Green & Shinee, Richard A. Shinee and Helen L. Schwab for Association for Los Angles Deputy Sheriffs as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Intervener and Appellant, Real Party in Interest and Appellant and Real Party in Interest and Respondent.

Law Office of James E. Trott and James E. Trott for Association of Orange County Deputy Sheriffs, Long Beach Police Officers Association and Southern California Alliance of Law Enforcement as Amici Curiae on behalf of Intervener and Appellant, Real Party in Interest and Appellant and Real Party in Interest and Respondent.

Ferguson, Praet & Sherman, Jon F. Hamilton , Kimberly A. Wah and Bruce D. Praet for Plaintiff and Respondent.

Kathleen Bales-Lange , County Counsel (Tulare), and Crystal E. Sullivan , Deputy County Counsel, for California State Association of Counties and California League of Cities as Amici Curiae on behalf of Plaintiff and Respondent.

Jones & Mayer, Martin J. Mayer , Gregory P. Palmer and Krista MacNevin Jee for California State Sheriffs' Association as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Plaintiff and Respondent.

No appearance for Defendant and Respondent.


OPINION

Here we hold that when hearing an administrative appeal from discipline imposed on a correctional officer, an arbitrator may rule upon a discovery motion for officer personnel records, commonly referred to as a Pitchess motion. (Pitchess v. Superior Court (1974) 11 Cal.3d 531...

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