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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 JAMES S. BUSH, Case No. 1:20-cv-00015-JLT-EPG

Plaintiff, ORDER DENYING DEFENDANTS’

RENEWED MOTION FOR JUDGMENT AS

v. A MATTER OF LAW; AND DENYING

CONDITIONALLY THE ALTERNATIVE

PASCUAL IBARRA, EVERARDO MOTION FOR A NEW TRIAL OR

HERNANDEZ, AMENDMENT OF THE JUDGMENT IF

PLAINTIFF ACCEPTS THE REMITTITUR Defendants. OF THE COURT 16 (Docs. 202, 207) 17 18 The matter before the Court arises from James Bush’s claim for excessive force brought against Officers Pascual Ibarra, Everardo Hernandez, and Jose Ceja. After a trial, the jury found in favor of Ceja but found against Ibarra and Hernandez. The jury awarded compensatory and punitive damages. Pending before the Court is Ibarra and Hernandez’s renewed motion for judgment as a matter of law pursuant to Federal Civil Procedure Rule 50(b) and alternative motion for a new trial or amendment of the judgment1 pursuant Federal Civil…