Puch et al v. Village of Glenwood et al

Filing 362

WRITTEN Opinion entered by the Honorable Joan B. Gottschall on 1/30/2013: Defendant's motion to reset the trial date 359 is denied. For further details on the trial, see below. Mail Notices. (np, )

Order Form (01/2005)

United States District Court, Northern District of Illinois
Name of Assigned Judge
or Magistrate Judge

Joan B. Gottschall

CASE NUMBER

05 C 1114

CASE
TITLE

Sitting Judge if Other
than Assigned Judge

DATE

1/30/2013

Puch vs. Village of Glenwood

DOCKET ENTRY TEXT

Defendant’s motion to reset the trial date [359] is denied. For further details on the trial, see below.

O[ For further details see text below.]

Docketing to mail notices.

STATEMENT
1. The Schedule for the trial is as follows:
2/11/13 - jury selection will begin at 11am on 2/11/13, or as soon after 11am as defense counsel is available.
Even if jury selection is completed, opening statements will not be given on 2/11/13.
2/12/13 - the trial will begin at 10am, or as soon after 10am as the court is available. Opening statements will
be limited to 30 minutes per side. There will be a two hour lunch, and the trial will conclude for the day by
4:15pm.
2/13/13 - no trial. The parties will be available for a jury instruction conference from 1:30-4:30pm.
2/14/13, 2/15/13, 2/18/13 - the trial will begin at 9:30am and conclude for the day by 4:30pm.
2. Rulings:
a) Jury Selection - The case will be tried before 8 jurors. In accordance with 28 U.S.C. §1870, each party is
entitled to three peremptory challenges, in addition to any challenges granted for cause.
b) The court provided parties with a copy of the court’s supplemental voir dire, based on the questions
proposed by the parties. Should the parties have any objections to the supplemental voir dire provided by the
court, they must object at the second pre-trial conference on 2/5/13.
c) The parties agree that Mrs. Puch is out of the case.

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STATEMENT
d) Further rulings on the motions in limine:
1. The court will allow Plaintiff to testify that he has a diagnosis of PTSD. If Defendants wish to provide a
jury instruction to the effect that, if there is testimony about Plaintiff’s diagnosis, the jury may not decide the
case based on sympathy, they must present such an instruction.
2. In order to explain to the jury why the officers were in the house, the court proposes the following
instruction: “The police officers received a dispatch call to go to Plaintiff’s house. The jury should not
concern itself with the reasons for or content of this dispatch, or speculate as to those matters.”

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