Motley

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 PAMELA MOTLEY, et al., No. 1:15-cv-00905-DAD-BAM Plaintiffs, v. ORDER DENYING DEFENDANTS’

MOTION TO TRIFURCATE TRIAL AND

THE CITY OF FRESNO, CALIFORNIA, FOR LIMITED REOPENING OF et al., DISCOVERY 15 Defendants. (Doc. No. 162) 16 This matter is before the court on the motion to trifurcate and for limited reopening of discovery filed on behalf of defendants the City of Fresno, California (“the City”) and five individual officers employed by the City (“the Officers”) (collectively, “defendants”). (Doc. No. 162.) Pursuant to General Order No. 617 addressing the public health emergency posed by the COVID-19 outbreak, the motion was taken under submission on the papers. (Doc. No. 164.) For the reasons set forth below, the court will deny defendants’ motion. BACKGROUND The facts in this tragic case involving two separate acts of domestic violence—one severely disabling plaintiff…