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 THE PARTIES’
RENEWED STIPULATED REQUEST TO
OFFICER M. WHEAT, et al., FILE DOCUMENTS UNDER SEAL Defendants. (Doc. No. 61) 16 On October 3, 2025, Plaintiffs and Defendants filed a stipulated request to file under seal certain exhibits attached to the declarations of Eugene Chittock (Doc No. 48-3) and Paul Edwards (Doc. No. 48-5) filed in support of Plaintiffs’ opposition to Defendants’ motion for summary judgment. (Doc. No. 50.) On November 10, 2025, the court granted the parties’ stipulated request in part and denied it in part. (Doc. No. 55.) Specifically, the court granted the parties’ stipulated request except as to exhibits G and H to the declaration of Eugene Chittock and exhibits B and C to the declaration of Paul Edwards. (Id. at 4–5.) As to exhibit G to the Chittock declaration (extensive portions of deposition transcripts) and…