Solis et al v. Ascension Parish School Board et al

Filing 53

RULING AND ORDER denying 42 MOTION in Limine to Exclude Deposition Testimony of Renee Solis without prejudice to Plaintiffs' right to re-urge the motion at a later stage. Signed by Judge Brian A. Jackson on 8/6/2018. (SGO)

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
MIDDLE DISTRICT OF LOUISIANA
RENEE SOLIS, ET AL.

CIVIL ACTION

VERSUS
ASCENSION PARISH SCHOOL
BOARD, ET AL.

NO.: 17-00677-BAJ-RLB

RULING AND ORDER
Before the Court is the Motion in Limine to Exclude Deposition
Testimony of Renee Solis (Doc. 42), filed by Plaintiff, Renee Solis. Plaintiff seeks
to exclude pages 1 to 111 of Rene Solis’s deposition because it is alleged that one of
the two sign-language interpreters used for her deposition used English instead of
American Sign Language (“ASL”), a distinct language with its own separate diction
and sentence structures. (Doc. 42-1 at pp. 1–2). For the reasons that follow, the
Motion in Limine is DENIED WITHOUT PREJUDICE to Plaintiffs’ Right to reurge the motion following the hearing on the Motion for Preliminary Injunction (Doc.
20).
A hearing on Plaintiff’s motion for preliminary injunction is scheduled for
August 15, 2018.

(Doc. 41).

The Federal Rules of Evidence do not apply to

preliminary injunctions. See Sierra Club, Lone Star Chapter v. F.D.I.C., 992 F.2d
545, 551 (5th Cir. 1993) (“[A]t the preliminary injunction stage, the procedures in the
district court are less formal, and the district court may rely on otherwise
inadmissible evidence.”).

Because of the relaxed evidentiary standard at a

preliminary injunction hearing, the Court will deny the motion.

Accordingly,
IT IS ORDERED that the motion (Doc. 42) is DENIED WITHOUT
PREJUDICE to Plaintiffs’ right to re-urge the motion at a later stage.
Baton Rouge, Louisiana, this 6th day of August, 2018.
______________________________________
BRIAN A. JACKSON, DISTRICT JUDGE
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
MIDDLE DISTRICT OF LOUISIANA

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