A.G.1.
A.G.1. v. City of Fresno
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 A.G.1, et al., Case No. 1:16-CV-1914-JLT-SAB Plaintiffs, ORDER SETTING SCOPE OF TRIAL v. CITY OF FRESNO, et al., Defendants. 16 This case is set for jury trial scheduled to begin on June 21, 2023. The parties agree that the sole issue for trial is Plaintiffs’ state law negligence claim, but there is disagreement as to the scope of that claim. The Court ordered supplemental briefing at the pretrial conference on February 13, 2023. For the reasons explained below, the scope of trial will include all circumstances surrounding and materially applicable to the shooting in the case, including preshooting conduct and the shooting itself. BACKGROUND The facts of this case are laid out in the Court’s prior orders. (Docs. 29, 42, 55.) In brief, Fresno Police Department Officer Zebulon Price shot and killed decedent Raymond Angel Gonzalez after a foot chase in March 2016. Gonzalez’s family members brought the…