Martin
Smith v. Martin
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 JAMES RAYMOND, et al., Case No. 1:18-cv-00307-KES-CDB Plaintiffs, ORDER RE REQUEST FOR RESOLUTION
OF DISCOVERY DISPUTE
v. (Doc. 143) WARREN MARTIN, et al.,
Defendants.
17 Currently before the Court is a discovery dispute that the parties have agreed to submit to the Court for adjudication through the Court’s informal discovery dispute procedure. Background Plaintiffs Ingrid Crawford Smith, as well as minors A.C. and A.J.C. by and through their guardians ad litem, assert civil rights claims on behalf of themselves and as successors in interest against the City of Bakersfield and Bakersfield Police Department (“BPD”) officer Warren Martin arising from the officer-involved shooting and death of Augustus Joshua Crawford (the “Decedent”) on November 7, 2017. Plaintiffs commenced separate actions that were consolidated with this first- filed action of a since-dismissed plaintiff. The operative scheduling order in this case issued on…