At a hearing this morning, U.S. District Judge Florence-Marie Cooper said she will issue a final order sometime soon that may formally add Death Row Records executive Marion "Suge" Knight and disgraced ex-LAPD Officer Rafael Perez, among others, as defendants. ...

"Plaintiffs have presented evidence that indicates Perez was on duty the night of the murder and may have been at the scene of the crime in an official capacity," Cooper wrote in her tentative order, issued Friday.