Smith v. City of Bakersfield

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 MELTON SMITH, Case No. 1:22-cv-00494-JLT-CDB

Plaintiff, ORDER RE: DISCOVERY DISPUTE

v. (Docs. 37-38)

CITY OF BAKERSFIELD, et al.

Defendants. 16 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 On February 7, 2022, Plaintiff filed a complaint in the Superior Court for the State of California, County of Kern, in which he asserts the following causes of action against Defendants: (1) Negligence - Unreasonable Use of Force; (2) Battery; (3) Intentional Infliction of Emotional Distress; (4) Civil Rights Violations - Civil Code 52.1; (5) Excessive Force; (6) Failure to Intervene; and (7) Supervisory Liability. (Doc. 2, Complaint). The claims stem from an incident on December 28, 2020, during which Defendants made contact with Plaintiff and ultimately arrested him (the…