McArthur
McArthur v. Alameda County Public Defender's Office
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 FRANCIS MCARTHUR, Case No. 21-cv-09412-KAW
Plaintiff,
ORDER REGARDING JURY
v. INSTRUCTIONS
ALAMEDA COUNTY PUBLIC Re: Dkt. Nos. 109, 117 DEFENDER'S OFFICE, et al., 11 Defendants. 12 I. PLAINTIFF’S ADDITIONAL PROPOSED JURY INSTRUCTIONS A. Instruction 1.5 (Claims and Defenses)1 This instruction describes the claims and defenses of each party. (Dkt. No. 117 at 1.) Plaintiff proposes the following language, while Defendants object to the underlined language:
To help you follow the evidence, I will give you a brief summary of the positions of the parties: 18 The plaintiff asserts that Defendant Alameda County Office of the Public Defender violated his Fourteenth Amendment right to due process by failing to bring his case to trial as required by state statute and the United States Constitution. The plaintiff has the burden of proving these claims. 21 The defendants deny those claims and also…