Vargas
Ernesto Vargas v. L. Lopez, et al.
Opinion
trial_court Opinion
1 2 3 4 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 5 NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 7 ERNESTO VARGAS, Case No. 23-cv-02490-TSH
8 Plaintiff,
ORDER
9 v. Re: Dkt. Nos. 111, 112 10 L. LOPEZ, et al., 11 Defendants.
12 13 The parties have a jury trial scheduled for October 20, 2025. ECF No. 58. In preparation 14 for trial, Plaintiff Ernesto Vargas and Defendants Officer L. Lopez-Ortega and Lieutenant C. 15 Whitman (collectively, “Defendants”) submitted two joint statements. See ECF No. 111 (Attire 16 and Restraints of Non-Party Witnesses Dicey and Falcon); ECF No. 112 (Evidence of Indemnity 17 at the Punitive Damages Phase). 18 A. In-Custody Witnesses 19 Vargas plans to call two prisoners as witnesses at trial: Berlan Dicey and David Falcon. 20 ECF No. 71-4. At the pretrial conference on October 2, 2025, the Court ordered the parties to 21 submit a joint statement setting forth their views on attire and shackling for the in-custody 22 witnesses. ECF No. 93. 23 Vargas argues that the in-custody witnesses should appear at trial in prison attire without…