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Chestnut v. Kincaid

D. Md.December 9, 2021No. 1:20-cv-02342
Defendant WinKincaid

Case Details

Nature of Suit
440 Civil Rights: Other
Status
Unknown
Procedural Posture
appeal
Circuit
4th Circuit

Related Laws

No specific laws identified for this ruling.

Claim Types

Discrimination

Outcome

The court made permanent a writ of mandamus, ruling that the trial court exceeded its jurisdiction by ordering production of verbatim police reports over the prosecutor's timely work product objection. The prosecutor need not produce complete copies of police reports, though factual information within them remains discoverable.

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