Valentine

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 JAVONTAE VALENTINE, Case No. 22-cv-01520-JSW

Plaintiff, ORDER DENYING AS MOOT

PLAINTIFF’S MOTION IN LIMINE

v. NO. 1 AND GRANTING, IN PART,

DEFENDANTS’ MOTION IN LIMINE

TORRES-QUEZADA, et al., NO. 2 Defendants. Re: Dkt. Nos. 89, 93

12 At trial, Plaintiff seeks to introduce testimony about gang culture and prison politics for a limited purpose but moves in limine to exclude any evidence gang affiliation as character evidence. Defendants do not intend to use evidence of gang membership as character evidence. Accordingly, the Court DENIES Plaintiff’s motion as moot. Defendants move in limine to exclude all testimony on gang culture or prison politics. The Court granted Defendants’ motion to exclude Plaintiff’s use-of-force expert from providing an opinion on those topics on the basis that it would not assist the trier of fact. (See Dkt. No. 85.) The Court has considered the parties’ papers, relevant…