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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 9 PHILIP DEBEAUBIEN, No. 2:19-cv-1329 WBS DB Plaintiff, v. ORDER STATE OF CALIFORNIA, CALIFORNIA

HIGHWAY PATROL, CHP

LIEUTENANT TODD BROWN, CHP

SERGEANT REGGIE WHITEHEAD,

CHP CHIEF BRENT NEWMAN, Defendants. 17 On May 14, 2021, this matter came before the undersigned pursuant to Local Rule 302(c)(1) for hearing of plaintiff’s amended motion to compel. (ECF No. 66.) Attorney Stewart Katz appeared via Zoom on behalf of the plaintiff. Attorney Amie McTavish appeared via Zoom on behalf of defendants State of California, California Highway Patrol, Todd Brown, Reggie Whitehead, Brent Newman, Ryan Stonebraker, and Jeremy Dobler. Oral argument was heard and plaintiff’s motion was taken under submission. The amended complaint alleges generally that on August 2, 2018, California Highway Patrol (“CHP”) Officer Brad Wheat stated to another CHP officer that on the previous night Wheat had driven to a location intending…