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Civil Litigation,
Criminal

Sep. 10, 2019

Becerra wants to block release of Woolsey Fire origin report

The California Attorney General late last month filed a motion to quash plaintiffs’ subpoenas seeking the release of the cause of the Woolsey Fire in a report compiled by the Ventura County Fire Protection District and California Dept. of Forestry and Fire Protection.

Seven months before the first trial is scheduled to begin related to the Woolsey wildfire in Southern California, Attorney General Xavier Becerra is seeking to block the release of a fire department report on the cause of the blaze.

"Hastily allowing the premature disclosure of the contents of the criminal investigation file would significantly undermine the law enforcement process in this case," states a motion filed by Deputy Atto...

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