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MOTION TO COMPEL DISCOVERY OF INFORMATION POSTED ON FACEBOOK SHOULD HAVE BEEN GRANTED.

The First Department, reversing Supreme Court, determined the defendant city was entitled to compel discovery of plaintiff’s Facebook posts in this wrongful arrest and prosecution action. The Facebook information tended to show the use of an alias by plaintiff (Moe), which plaintiff had denied, and included a photograph of plaintiff’s nephew who was present at the premises where the search warrant was executed:

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… [T]he City made a threshold showing that examination of the above Facebook accounts will result in the disclosure of relevant evidence bearing on the claim… . As such, plaintiff is directed to review and provide or permit access to those Facebook and associated Messenger accounts, including their messenger components, and any deleted materials which contain any information connecting plaintiff to the accounts in question, connecting him to any variation of the nickname “Moe,” or relevant to his claims that he has had no connection to the apartment searched or the contraband located thereat. Plaintiff shall also provide an authorization permitting Facebook to release the photograph purported to be of plaintiff’s nephew, including any metadata associated with the photograph. Production shall be made within 30 days of this order and it is without prejudice to plaintiff seeking, prior to the expiration of the 30-day period, a protective order for expressly identified materials on these Facebook accounts seeking protection from discovery for reasons other than relevancy. Flowers v City of New York, 2017 NY Slip Op 05040, 1st Dept 6-20-17

CIVIL PROCEDURE (DISCOVERY, FACEBOOK POSTS, MOTION TO COMPEL DISCOVERY OF INFORMATION POSTED ON FACEBOOK SHOULD HAVE BEEN GRANTED)/DISCOVERY (CIVIL PROCEDURE, FACEBOOK POSTS, MOTION TO COMPEL DISCOVERY OF INFORMATION POSTED ON FACEBOOK SHOULD HAVE BEEN GRANTED)/FACEBOOK (CIVIL PROCEDURE, MOTION TO COMPEL DISCOVERY OF INFORMATION POSTED ON FACEBOOK SHOULD HAVE BEEN GRANTED)

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