Donald Dowell v. William Griffin

MEMORANDUM

Donald Dowell appeals pro se various decisions of the district court following an unfavorable jury verdict in his § 1983 action against three San Diego police officers. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291 , and we affirm.

We review a court’s exclusion of evidence for an abuse of discretion. Zhang v. American Gem Seafoods, Inc., 339 F.3d 1020, 1028 (9th Cir.2003). We likewise review a court’s granting or denying a request for a subpoena for abuse of discretion. See Mabe v. San Bernardino County, Dept. of Pub. Soc. Serv., 237 F.3d 1101, 1112 (9th Cir.2001).

The district court did not abuse its discretion by granting the defendants’ eviden-tiary motions in limine. A district court may properly exclude evidence that is not relevant to proving that party’s claims. See Nationwide Transport Finance v. Cass Information Systems, Inc., 523 F.3d 1051, 1060 (9th Cir.2008); Wall Data Inc. v. Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Dept., 447 F.3d 769, 782 (9th Cir.2006). Moreover, reversal is not warranted because Dowell cannot show prejudice. See Wall Data Inc., 447 F.3d at 783 .

The district court did not abuse its discretion in failing to subpoena Dowell’s witnesses. Federal…