Wheat
Wesley Smith, et al. v. Officer M. Wheat, et al.
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 WESLEY SMITH, et al., No. 2:21-cv-01859-DC-CKD Plaintiffs, v. ORDER GRANTING IN PART THE
PARTIES’ STIPULATED REQUEST TO FILE
OFFICER M. WHEAT, et al., DOCUMENTS UNDER SEAL Defendants. (Doc. No. 50) 16 17 On October 3, 2025, Plaintiffs and Defendants filed a stipulated request to file under seal 18 certain exhibits attached to the declarations of Eugene Chittock (Doc No. 48-3) and Paul Edward 19 (Doc. No. 48-5) filed in support of Plaintiffs’ opposition to Defendants’ motion for summary 20 judgment. (Doc. No. 50.) Specifically, the parties seek to file under seal the following exhibits 21 attached to the declaration of Eugene Chittock: 22 Exhibit B – Videos of the subject altercation; 23 Exhibit C – Images of inmate manufactured knives used in the subject altercation; 24 Exhibit D – Incident report for the subject altercation; 25 Exhibit E – California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation training plans; 26 Exhibit F – High Desert State Prison…