Arrowood Indemnity Co. v. R and L Business Mgt.

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA ----oo0oo---- 11 ARROWOOD INDEMNITY COMPANY, a No. 2:21-cv-00397 WBS JDP Delaware corporation, formerly known as ROYAL INSURNACE COMPANY, and successor to ROYAL GLOBE INSURANCE COMPANY, ORDER Plaintiff, v. CITY OF WEST SACRAMENTO; and ROES 1-50, inclusive, 18 Defendant.

20 ----oo0oo---- 21 The parties have filed cross motions for summary judgment, (Docket Nos. 41, 48), currently set for oral argument on December 13, 2021. Defendant City of West Sacramento concurrently filed a “Motion in Limine” to exclude testimony of plaintiff’s expert witness, Thomas Delfino, to be heard the same day. (Docket No. 47). A motion in limine is typically a motion regarding preliminary matters related to the trial. See City of Pomona v. SQM N. Am. Corp., 886 F.3d 1060, 1070 (9th Cir. 2017). However, defendant states that the motion “can’t wait for a pre-trial hearing.” (Mot. in Limine at 2 (Docket No. 47-1).) Accordingly, given…