Iowa Supreme Court · No. 21-1651
Michelle Vaccaro v. Polk County, Iowa, and Polk County Sheriff Kevin Schneider
Decided December 16, 2022 · appeal from Polk County · Government
What the court decided
AI summary The dispute involved whether the defendants were required to hand over confidential investigative reports during the pretrial discovery process. The court reversed the lower court's decision that had ordered the documents to be produced. This means the defendants do not have to disclose those specific records at this time, and the case must be sent back to the lower court for further proceedings.1
Result: REVERSED AND REMANDED WITH INSTRUCTIONS
The court’s own summary
Defendants in action brought pursuant to Iowa Code chapter 22 were granted interlocutory appeal from a district court ruling granting plaintiff’s motion to compel. Defendants contend the court abused its discretion in ordering them to produce in pretrial discovery the confidential investigative reports which are the subject of the chapter 22 enforcement action.
Holding: The defendants seek reversal of discovery ruling compelling disclosure of allegedly confidential records in an enforcement action brought under Iowa Code chapter 22. REVERSED AND REMANDED WITH INSTRUCTIONS.
Judges
- Written by Justice Thomas D. Waterman
- Trial judge: Lawrence P. McLellan, Polk County
Iowa Code it cites
Each links to the bills that change that chapter.