U.S. District Judge Larry A. Burns ruled in favor of the family of 24- year-old Elisa Serna, who moved to unseal exhibits that included jail videos showing the final days of her life.
A San Diego federal judge granted a request today to unseal videos and other evidence related to the death of an inmate at the Las Colinas jail in Santee.
Burns' order stems from the Serna family's wrongful death lawsuit against San Diego County, then-Sheriff Bill Gore, and various jail staff members. Attorneys for the defense also argued the videos do not accurately depict what jail staff personally observed on the date of Serna's death."Thus, that particular footage does not further any public interest in understanding the treatment/care provided to the decedent in jail," their brief states.
Burns said he did consider how public dissemination of the footage could potentially taint a jury pool for the eventual civil trial, but said he was confident that the attorneys would be able to exclude affected jury members from making the panel.
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