ABSTRACT: On April 8, 2015, Hon. Lydia M. Villarreal, Judge of the Superior Court, issued ORDER RE: PETITION TO QUASH SUBPOENA DUCES TECUM AND GOOD CAUSE SHOWING in CITY OF CARMEL-BY-THE-SEA, Petitioner, v. 2014-2015 MONTEREY COUNTY CIVIL GRAND JURY, Respondent, Case No. M131242. The ORDER states, as follows:
Pursuant to the decision of this Court dated March 24, 2015, respondent 2014-2015 Monterey County Civil Grand Jury has submitted two declarations of Louis Panetta re: Good Cause For Review Of Records to this Court under seal as directed. The Court has reviewed the Declarations and now finds that the Grand Jury has demonstrated good cause for its review of the records that are the subject of the subpoena duces tecum served on petitioner, City of Carmel-by-the-Sea, on or about February 24, 2015.
IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED that the Petition to Quash Subpoena Duces Tecum is denied and the City is hereby directed to produce the records described in the Subpoena forthwith. The documents must be provided to the Court, Dept. 1, no later than 4:00 pm, on April 15, 2015.
lt is further ordered that the Grand Jury return the subject records to the City upon completion of its review, and that it destroy any copies of the records that it may have in its possession. The parties are ordered to execute a Protective Order implementing this directive.
Finally, this Order shall constitute the final decision of the Court in this matter. See City of Woodlake vs. Tulare County Grand Jury (2011) 197 Cal.App.4th 1293, 1298-1299. A copy of the ORDER is embedded.
Pursuant to the decision of this Court dated March 24, 2015, respondent 2014-2015 Monterey County Civil Grand Jury has submitted two declarations of Louis Panetta re: Good Cause For Review Of Records to this Court under seal as directed. The Court has reviewed the Declarations and now finds that the Grand Jury has demonstrated good cause for its review of the records that are the subject of the subpoena duces tecum served on petitioner, City of Carmel-by-the-Sea, on or about February 24, 2015.
IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED that the Petition to Quash Subpoena Duces Tecum is denied and the City is hereby directed to produce the records described in the Subpoena forthwith. The documents must be provided to the Court, Dept. 1, no later than 4:00 pm, on April 15, 2015.
lt is further ordered that the Grand Jury return the subject records to the City upon completion of its review, and that it destroy any copies of the records that it may have in its possession. The parties are ordered to execute a Protective Order implementing this directive.
Finally, this Order shall constitute the final decision of the Court in this matter. See City of Woodlake vs. Tulare County Grand Jury (2011) 197 Cal.App.4th 1293, 1298-1299. A copy of the ORDER is embedded.
NOTE: “The files were dropped off at the courthouse around 3p.m. April 15, an hour before the deadline,” according to reporting in The Carmel Pine Cone, April 17, 2015.
Hon. Lydia M. Villarreal, Judge of the Superior Court
CITY OF CARMEL-BY-THE-SEA, Petitioner, v. 2014-2015 MONTEREY COUNTY CIVIL GRAND JURY, Respondent.
Case No. M131242
SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA
COUNTY OF MONTEREY
April 8, 2015
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