A federal judge on Friday was leaning toward making public confidential Clovis police documents regarding one of four officers involved in the alleged beating of a motorcyclist in September 2012.
“Documents used in judicial proceedings are presumed to be public record,” Magistrate Judge Barbara A. McAuliffe said in U.S. District Court.
The case involves George Macias Jr., 24, who says in his federal civil rights lawsuit that four Clovis police officers savagely beat him while he was handcuffed and used a stun gun on him. He is seeking unspecified damages for alleged violation of his civil rights, assault, battery, excessive force, malicious prosecution and intentional infliction of emotional distress.