Abdel-Raouf v. Yale University

Filing 115

RULING granting 114 Plaintiff's Oral Motion to Sequester. Signed by Judge Holly B. Fitzsimmons on 1/20/15. (Esposito, A.)

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
DISTRICT OF CONNECTICUT
AHMED ABDEL-RAOUF, M.D.
v.
YALE UNIVERSITY

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CIV. NO. 3:12CV776 (HBF)

RULING ON PLAINTIFF’S MOTION TO SEQUESTER
Plaintiff’s Oral Motion to Sequester witnesses [Doc. #114]
is GRANTED. Counsel or the Court Security Officers on duty will
direct witnesses to the waiting room in the annex.
At defendant’s request, Dr. Rohrbaugh will be designated
Yale’s party representative under Federal Rule of Evidence
615(b) and exempted from the order.
At defense counsel’s request, the Court will permit Dr.
Chiles to be present during the testimony of the plaintiff only.
Under Federal Rule of Evidence 615(c), the Court finds Dr.
Chiles’ presence during plaintiff’s testimony to be essential to
the presentation of Yale’s defense to plaintiff’s allegations
because plaintiff’s allegations against Dr. Chiles lie at the
foundation of plaintiff’s claims of bias, and plaintiff seeks to
hold defendant Yale liable for Dr. Chiles’ words and actions.
SO ORDERED at Bridgeport this 20th day of January 2015.
_______/s/___________________
HOLLY B. FITZSIMMONS
UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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