DOUGLAS vs SACRAMENTO JOB CORPS CENTER

23CV012800: DOUGLAS vs SACRAMENTO JOB CORPS CENTER 07/14/2026 Hearing on Motion - Other First Amended Notice and Request for Preservation of Record and Order and Plaintiff's Supporting Cause in Department 16D

Tentative Ruling

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23CV012800: DOUGLAS vs SACRAMENTO JOB CORPS CENTER 07/14/2026 Hearing on Motion - Other First Amended Notice and Request for Preservation of Record and Order and Plaintiff's Supporting Cause in Department 16D

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****NOTICE: EFFECTIVE APRIL 13, 2026, THIS DEPARTMENT HAS MOVED TO THE TANI G. CANTIL-SAKAUYE COURTHOUSE LOCATED AT 500 G. ST. SACRAMENTO, CA. MOTIONS NOTICED FOR DEPARTMENT 53 WILL BE HEARD IN DEPARTMENT 16D OF THE NEW COURTHOUSE. PARTIES MAY CONTINUE TO APPEAR REMOTELY IN DEPARTMENT 16D UNLESS SPECIFICALLY ORDERED OTHERWISE.*****

TENTATIVE RULING:

Plaintiff in pro per Raymond Douglas’s (“Plaintiff”) has filed a motion styled as “First Amended Notice and Request for Preservation of Record and Order and Plaintiff’s Supporting Case.” Plaintiff’s motion is ruled upon as follows.

In this action, Plaintiff is suing Defendant Sacramento Job Corps Center (“Defendant”) for a series of batteries and other inappropriate acts allegedly committed by other enrollees and officials at the Job Corps residential facility in Sacramento. Plaintiff asserts causes of action under Civil Code sections 51.7(b)(1), 52.1(c), 1714, and “false light” related to the creation and distribution of an inappropriate photograph of plaintiff.

On June 20, 2024, Defendant’s default was entered. On June 28, 2024, Plaintiff filed a number of documents in support of his request for default judgment. On December 23, 2024, the Court denied Plaintiff’s request for default judgment and vacated the default entered on June 20, 2024 because Plaintiff failed to clearly establish personal and subject matter jurisdiction and did not serve his statement of damages a reasonable time before default was entered. (See Minute Order, dated 12/23/2024.)

On January 16, 2026, Plaintiff filed the instant motion requesting “an order to preserve and return the record of the default judgement documents filed on June 28th, 2024,”

SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA COUNTY OF SACRAMENTO

23CV012800: DOUGLAS vs SACRAMENTO JOB CORPS CENTER 07/14/2026 Hearing on Motion - Other First Amended Notice and Request for Preservation of Record and Order and Plaintiff's Supporting Cause in Department 16D

pursuant to Code of Civil Procedure sections 1952, subdivision (a)-(b), and section 1952.3. (Notice at p. 1:23-25.) Plaintiff states that the electronic medium and contents attached to the “Declaration of Electronic Medium and Contents” were returned to him on November 25, 2024. (Memorandum at p. 5:11-14.) Plaintiff now seeks return of the declarations and other documents filed in support of his application for default judgment. (Id. at p. 4:15-5:3.)

Plaintiff’s motion is DENIED insofar as it seeks an order imposing upon the Clerk of the Court any duties or responsibilities not already provided for under law. Insofar as Plaintiff’s motion seeks an order that the Clerk of the Court maintain records consistent with applicable law, the Court DENIES the motion as moot given that no such order is required at this time.

Code of Civil Procedure section 1952 states, in relevant part:

(a) The clerk shall retain in his or her custody any exhibit, deposition, or administrative record introduced in the trial of a civil action or proceeding or filed in the action or proceeding until the final determination thereof or the dismissal of the action or proceeding, except that the court may order the exhibit, deposition, or administrative record returned to the respective party or parties at any time upon oral stipulation in open court or by written stipulation by the parties or for good cause shown.

(b) No exhibit or deposition shall be ordered destroyed or otherwise disposed of pursuant to this section where a party to the action or proceeding files a written notice with the court requesting the preservation of any exhibit, deposition, or administrative record for a stated time, but not to exceed one year.

(§ 1952, subd. (a)-(b).)

Code of Civil Procedure section 1952.3 states:

Notwithstanding any other provision of the law, the court, on its own motion, may order the destruction or other disposition of any exhibit, deposition, or administrative record introduced in the trial or posttrial hearing of a civil action or proceeding or filed in the action or proceeding that, if appeal has not been taken from the decision of the court in the action or proceeding, remains in the custody of the court or clerk five years after time for appeal has expired, or, if appeal has been taken, remains in the custody of the court or clerk five years after final

SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA COUNTY OF SACRAMENTO

23CV012800: DOUGLAS vs SACRAMENTO JOB CORPS CENTER 07/14/2026 Hearing on Motion - Other First Amended Notice and Request for Preservation of Record and Order and Plaintiff's Supporting Cause in Department 16D

determination thereof, or that remains in the custody of the court or clerk for a period of five years after any of the following:

(a) A motion for a new trial has been granted and a memorandum to set the case for trial has not been filed, or a motion to set for trial has not been made within five years.

(b) The dismissal of the action or proceeding.

In addition, the court on its own motion, may order the destruction or other disposition of any exhibit, deposition, or administrative record that remains in the custody of the court or clerk for a period of 10 years after the introduction or filing of the action or proceeding if, in the discretion of the court, the exhibit, deposition, or administrative record should be disposed of or destroyed.

The order shall be entered in the register of actions of each case in which the order is made.

No exhibit, deposition, or administrative record shall be ordered destroyed or otherwise disposed of pursuant to this section if a party to the action or proceeding files a written notice with the court requesting the preservation of any exhibit, deposition, or administrative record for a stated time, but not to exceed one year.

Initially, the Court notes that to the extent Plaintiff seeks copies of the documents that he filed on June 28, 2024, such documents were entered into the Court’s Register of Actions and can be viewed and printed from the Court’s website. The Court’s ultimate disposition of such records shall be consistent with the law. Notably, as this action was filed in December 2023, there is no imminent event which would result in the destruction of any such filings. Also, there has been no trial, no proceeding on the merits, no posttrial hearings, nor has any period of appeal begun to run. That is, there has been no triggering event (nor is one imminent) that would cause the Clerk of the Court to destroy any records contained the Court’s Register of Actions.

To the extent Plaintiff seeks “an order returning the default judgment documents” filed pursuant to “California Code of Civil Procedure § 1952 (a)” (Memorandum at p. 5:5-7), the request is denied. Code of Civil Procedure section 1952, subdivision (a) does not apply here. Section 1952(a) applies to “any exhibit, deposition, or administrative record introduced in the trial of a civil action or proceeding or filed in the action or proceeding.”

SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA COUNTY OF SACRAMENTO

23CV012800: DOUGLAS vs SACRAMENTO JOB CORPS CENTER 07/14/2026 Hearing on Motion - Other First Amended Notice and Request for Preservation of Record and Order and Plaintiff's Supporting Cause in Department 16D

First, there has been no “trial of a civil action or proceeding” on the merits in this case as of yet such that no such documents have been introduced in such trial or meritsbased proceeding. Second, Plaintiff’s filings, on their face, do not constitute “any exhibit, deposition or administrative record” but rather, appear to be declarations, statements and other proposed documents. Further any documents attached as exhibits to filed declarations are not subject to destruction any earlier than the filed declaration itself, which again, is not subject to section 1952, subdivision (a).

Third, even where section 1952, subdivision (a) applies, a party’s request under section 1952, subdivision (b) is relevant (and not moot) only where an “exhibit or deposition” would otherwise be destroyed or disposed of within the Court’s normal protocol within one year. As the Court has stated, given that Plaintiff’s case was filed in December 2023, there is no event within the next one year that would result in the purging of records in the Court’s Register of Actions in this case.

Accordingly, Plaintiff’s motion is DENIED in its entirety.

This minute order is effective immediately. No formal order or other notice is required. (Code Civ. Proc., § 1019.5; Cal. Rules of Court, rule 3.1312.)