Ballentine v. Las Vegas Metro Police Dept., NO. 2:14-cv-01584-APG-GWF, 2016 WL 3636917 (D. Nev. July 5, 2016)

Key Insight: Among other things, court denied motion for protective order upon finding that Plaintiffs were ?entitled to obtain basic information sufficient to determine whether searches were reasonably conducted and the results properly verified? even without ?evidence that specific documents were destroyed or withheld? and reasoned that ?the fact that [Defendant?s] attorney(s) conducted or supervised the searches does not protect such non-privileged information from disclosure?

Electronic Data Involved: Information re: efforts to preserve, search