Castellanos et al v. State of California et al

Filing 120

ORDER ON 118 PLAINTIFFS STATEMENT/REQUEST FOR CLARIFICATION RE: WITNESS TESTIMONY; AND REMINDER TO PARTIES RE VERDICT FORMS. Signed by Judge Jeffrey S. White on 6/29/16. (jjoS, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 6/29/2016)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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EDIN S. CASTELLANOS,
Plaintiff,

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v.

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JEREMY J. MAYA,

ORDER ON PLAINTIFF'S REQUEST
FOR CLARIFICATION RE WITNESS
TESTIMONY AND REMINDER TO
PARTIES RE VERDICT FORMS
Re: Dkt. No. 118

Defendant.

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United States District Court
Northern District of California

Case No. 15-cv-00272-JSW

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Plaintiff has filed a request in which he asks whether the Court would permit a witness’

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testimony “to be interrupted and later resumed for the purpose of placing another witness on the

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stand to accommodate timing issues and to assure no ‘gaps’ in a party’s presentation of their

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case.” (Docket No. 118, Plaintiff’s Request at 1:24-26.)
The Court will permit a witness’ testimony to be interrupted, so long as a party has

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complied with the timing requirements set forth in Paragraph 17 of the Court’s Guidelines for

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Civil Jury Trials. The Court does not understand Plaintiff’s request to the extent it relates to

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interrupting a witness to assure there are no gaps in the presentation of a party’s case. The Court

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will address that request at the conclusion of jury selection on July 13, 2016.
Finally, at the pretrial conference, the Court ordered the parties to meet and confer and

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submit proposed verdict forms by June 27, 2016. If the parties do not intend to revise the verdict

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forms included with their pretrial filings, the parties shall file a notice to that effect by 3:00 p.m.

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on June 30, 2016. If the parties intend to submit revised verdict forms, they shall file those

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proposals by 12:00 p.m. on July 5, 2016, with an explanation as to why they failed to comply with

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United States District Court
Northern District of California

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