Perry

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 MELISSA PERRY, et al., No. 1:17-cv-01097-KES-CDB Plaintiff, ORDER v. COUNTY OF KERN, et al., Defendants. 16 17 On May 9, 2025, plaintiffs’ counsel Jeff Price filed a declaration. Doc. 319. For purposes of this Order, the relevant parts of the declaration concern Exhibit 701 in the admitted exhibit binder. In his declaration, Mr. Price accuses defendant Blakely’s counsel, Hugh Spackman, of intentionally causing page 13 of Exhibit 701 (Ex. 701-13) to be placed out of page order in the admitted exhibit binder prior to closing arguments and alleges that this was done to somehow prejudice plaintiffs’ counsel. Doc. 319 ¶ 54. As the Court noted in court on May 9, 2025, and as further addressed below, Mr. Price’s allegations are entirely unsupported and the Court finds them to be meritless. At the close of the evidence, the Court instructed counsel to review the Court’s admitted exhibit binder to ensure that all admitted exhibits had been…