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 ON MOTIONS IN LIMINE v. (Docs. 83, 84, 85, 89, 90, 91, 92) CITY OF FRESNO, et al., Defendants. 16 Plaintiffs’ claim the defendants acted negligently when Officer Zebulon Price shot Raymond Angel Gonzalez following a foot chase in March 2016. Both parties have submitted motions in limine for resolution before trial, which is scheduled to begin on June 21, 2023. For the reasons set forth below, the Court rules on each of the pending motions as follows. LEGAL STANDARD “Although the Federal Rules of Evidence do not explicitly authorize in limine rulings, the practice has developed pursuant to the district court’s inherent authority to manage the course of trials.” Luce v. United States, 469 U.S. 38, 40 n. 4 (1984). The Ninth Circuit has explained that motions in limine allow parties to resolve evidentiary disputes ahead of…