Phillips-Kerley
Phillips-Kerley v. City of Fresno Fire Department
Opinion
trial_court Opinion
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 11 DAVID PHILLIPS-KERLEY, Case No.: 1:18-cv-00438 JLT BAM 12 Plaintiff, AMENDED ORDER ON MOTIONS IN
LIMINE
13 v. (Doc. 179) 14 CITY OF FRESNO and DOES 1-10, inclusive, 15 16 Defendants.
17 18 David Phillips-Kerley, a former firefighter with the City of Fresno Fire Department, seeks 19 to hold the City liable for retaliation under federal and state law in connection with his 20 employment. (See Third Amended Complaint, Doc. 64.) The City has submitted numerous 21 motions in limine, which are now before the Court. (Doc. 179.) 22 I. LEGAL STANDARDS 23 A. Motions in Limine Generally 24 “A motion in limine is a procedural mechanism to limit in advance testimony or evidence 25 in a particular area.” United States v. Heller, 551 F.3d 1108, 1111 (9th Cir. 2009) (citation 26 omitted). “Although the Federal Rules of Evidence do not explicitly authorize in limine rulings, 27 the practice has developed pursuant to the district court’s inherent authority to manage the course 28 of trials.”…