United States v. John Leonard Orr

977 F.2d 593 NOTICE: Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3 provides that dispositions other than opinions or orders designated for publication are not precedential and should not be cited except when relevant under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel. UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. John Leonard ORR, Defendant-Appellee. No. 92-50235. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted Aug. 21, 1992. Decided Oct. 14, 1992. Before WILLIAM A. NORRIS, REINHARDT and TROTT, Circuit Judges. 1 MEMORANDUM * 2 We review an interlocutory appeal from the district court's order to excluded evidence of a manuscript authored by John Orr. Orr was the chief arson investigator in the Glendale Fire Department who was charged with five counts of arson and three counts of attempted arson. His manuscript is about a Los Angeles firefighter who sets serial arson fires. The arsonist's modus operandi in the manuscript is strikingly similar to the modus operandi of the actual arsonist. 3 Orr filed a motion in limine to exclude the manuscript and related letters to Orr's literary agent as hearsay. The district court granted the motion to exclude the…