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Government

Jan. 11, 2021

Request to depose Newsom over protest ban denied

U.S. Magistrate Judge Carolyn K. Delaney cited the “rationale of protecting highly visible public servants from becoming targets for unnecessary, or at worst harassing, discovery requests.”

A U.S. magistrate judge has denied a request to depose Gov. Gavin Newsom and two other high-level state officials in a case about a protest ban at the state Capitol.

Magistrate Judge Carolyn K. Delaney cited the "rationale of protecting highly visible public servants from becoming targets for unnecessary, or at worst harassing, discovery requests." Givens v. New...

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