Gomez

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SAN JOSE DIVISION

OMAR GOMEZ, Case No. 19-CV-05266-LHK

Plaintiff,

AMENDED ORDER DENYING

PLAINTIFF’S MOTION FOR

v.

RECONSIDERATION

JORDAN FACHKO and CITY OF SANTA Re: Dkt. No. 115

CLARA,

16 Defendants.

On November 8, 2021, in the Court’s order ruling on the parties’ motions in limine, the Court excluded the opinion of Alexander Jason, Defendants’ crime scene analyst expert, that the wheels of Plaintiff’s car were turned to the left at the time of the shooting incident. ECF No. 99 at 5. The Court explained that this opinion, which is “based on Mr. Jason’s review of a witness’s deposition testimony and of a video of the incident,” is not admissible because it is not based on “specialized knowledge.” Id. at 6. Specifically, the Court explained that specialized knowledge is not “‘required to view . . . videos and interpret what they do or do not show.’” Id. (citing Nunez v. City of San Jose, Case No. 17-CV-03860-LHK, ECF No. 112 at 9–10 (N.D. Cal.…