JUDGE ISSUES ORDER IN BLAND LAWSUIT

  

A judge has ordered the FBI to allow Sandra Bland's family to review a report of the Texas Rangers' investigation into the woman's death while in custody.

U.S. District Judge David Hittner's order on Thursday is part of a wrongful death lawsuit filed in Houston by Bland's family against Brian Encinia, the ex-DPS trooper who arrested her during a traffic stop, and others involved in her detention.

The FBI had initially declined to turn over the report, contending it was protected under law enforcement privilege.

Bland died last summer in the Waller County jail three days after being arrested. Authorities ruled her death a suicide.

Encinia was charged with perjury after dashcam video appeared to show him yelling at Bland and escalating their confrontation.