Jones
Jones v. National Railroad Passenger Corporation
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 AMANDA JONES, Case No. 15-cv-02726-TSH
Plaintiff,
ORDER GRANTING MOTION TO
v. SUBSTITUTE EXPERT WITNESSES
NATIONAL RAILROAD PASSENGER Re: Dkt. No. 239 CORPORATION, et al., 11 Defendants. 12 I. INTRODUCTION Plaintiff Amanda Jones seeks to substitute two experts after the close of expert discovery. ECF No. 239. Defendants Santa Cruz Metro Transit District and National Railroad Passenger Corporation filed an Opposition (ECF No. 243) and Jones filed a Reply (ECF No. 244). The Court previously vacated the hearing pursuant to Civil Local Rule 7-1(b). ECF No. 242. Having considered the parties’ positions, relevant legal authority, and the record in this case, the Court GRANTS Jones’s motion to substitute an alternative expert for Dr. Michael Freeman and a rebuttal expert witness for Barry Atwood for the following reasons. II. BACKGROUND Jones initiated this action in 2015…