The following excerpt is from Garrett v. Macomber, No. 2:16-cv-1336 KJM AC P (E.D. Cal. 2019):
Plaintiff has filed a motion for discovery, which he also refers to as a Pitchess motion, in which he requests documents from defendants' personnel records and evidence as required by Brady v. Maryland, 373 U.S. 83 (1963). ECF No. 73.
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