Patterson

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 11 Melvin Patterson, No. 2:21-cv-02398-KJM-AC 12 Plaintiff, ORDER 13 v. Six Flags Theme Parks Incorporated, et al., 1S Defendants. 16 17 In this disability discrimination action, the court has set a bench trial for September 24, 18 | 2024. In advance of the trial, plaintiff has filed a motion in limine to exclude defendants’ expert 19 | testimony. The court takes the matter under submission without holding a hearing and for the 20 | reasons below, grants the motion. 21 | I. BACKGROUND 22 Plaintiff Melvin Patterson is deaf. First Am. Compl. (FAC) § 1, ECF No. 27. He brings 23 | this action under Title III of the Americans with Disabilities Act and the California Unruh Civil 24 | Rights Act against defendants Six Flags Theme Parks, Inc., Six Flags Entertainment Corp., and 25 | Park Management Corp. (collectively, defendants). See id. 11-13, 70-91. Plaintiff alleges 26 | defendants discriminated against him…