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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 JOSEPH LAKE, No. 2:19–cv–1439–KJM–KJN Plaintiff, ORDER v. (ECF No. 88.) CITY OF VALLEJO, et al., Defendants. 16 Currently before the court is defendants’ motion for sanctions, wherein they move to strike/exclude two of plaintiff’s rebuttal expert witnesses. (ECF No. 88.) The court held a hearing on the matter on May 20, 2021, where attorney Wendy Chau appeared on behalf of plaintiff and attorney John Whitefleet appeared on behalf of defendants. (ECF No. 91.) For the reasons discussed below and at the hearing, the court GRANTS defendants’ motion to exclude any expert rebuttal testimony from Drs. Siegal and Parkin. /// /// /// 27 1 This matter was referred to the undersigned pursuant to 28 U.S.C. 636(b) and Local Rule 302(c)(1). Background This case concerns the alleged use of excessive force by individual officers of the City of Vallejo against plaintiff in July of 2018. …