Chaudhry

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

PERVAIZ A. CHAUDHRY, M.D., et al., Case No. 1:16-cv-01243-SAB

Plaintiffs, ORDER RE MOTIONS IN LIMINE

v. (ECF Nos. 90, 91, 92, 93)

DR. KAREN SMITH,

Defendant.

I.

BACKGROUND

Pervaiz A. Chaudhry, M.D., and Valley Cardiac Surgery Medical Group (“Plaintiffs’)

20 filed this civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 in Fresno County Superior Court on 1 21 June 17, 2016. (Compl., ECF No. 1 at 10-30. ) Plaintiff Chaudhry, a cardiac surgeon, performed

22 cardiac surgery on a patient who went into cardiac arrest and suffered hypoxic brain injury. An

23 anonymous complaint was lodged with the California Department of Public Health (“CDPH”)

24 alleging that Plaintiff Chaudhry left the operating room while the patient’s chest was still open

25 and…