Diaz

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 C. JAY SMITH, Case No. 20-cv-04335-HSG

Plaintiff, ORDER GRANTING IN PART AND

DENYING IN PART DEFENDANTS’

v. MOTION FOR SUMMARY

JUDGMENT AND PLAINTIFF’S

RALPH DIAZ, et al., MOTION TO EXCLUDE EXPERT

TESTIMONY

Defendants. Re: Dkt. No. 108, 117 12 Pending before the Court is Defendants’ motion for summary judgment, Dkt. No. 117, and Plaintiff’s motion to exclude Defendant’s expert testimony, Dkt. No. 108. The Court held a hearing on the motion. Dkt. No. 130. For the reasons detailed below, the Court GRANTS IN PART and DENIES IN PART the motion for summary judgment and the motion to exclude Defendants’ expert testimony. I. BACKGROUND Plaintiff C. Jay Smith is a transgender woman who has been housed in men’s prisons for decades. See Dkt. No. 125-1 (“Smith Decl.”) at ¶ 1; see also Dkt. No. 125-1, Ex. Q (“Smith Depo.”) at 210 (137:13–21). The facts at issue in this case pertain to…