Meadows v. Oklahoma City City of et al

Filing 108

ORDER denying 82 Motion in Limine and 84 Motion in Limine and denying as moot 86 Motion to Amend and 87 Motion to Amend. Signed by Honorable Charles Goodwin on 06/28/2019. (jb)

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF OKLAHOMA
CORTEZ N. MEADOWS,
Plaintiff,
v.
CITY OF OKLAHOMA CITY et al.,
Defendants.

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Case No. CIV-17-226-G

ORDER
Now before the Court are Plaintiff’s Motions in Limine (Doc. Nos. 82, 84) and
Plaintiff’s Motions to Amend his Motions in Limine (Doc. Nos. 86, 87). Defendants have
responded in opposition (Doc. Nos. 90, 91, 92), and Plaintiff has replied (Doc. Nos. 93,
94). Plaintiff filed these motions before the Court established any discovery deadlines in
this matter. As of this date, there is no trial setting. Nor has the Court set the deadlines for
standard pretrial motions, including the deadline for motions in limine. See Scheduling
Order (Doc. No. 97) at 2.1
The purpose of a motion in limine “is to allow the Court to decide evidentiary issues
in advance of trial.” Dry Clean Super Ctr., Inc. v. Kwik Indus., Inc., No. 08-cv-00578WJM-CBS, 2012 WL 503510, at *4 (D. Colo. Feb. 15, 2012). Because the posture of this
action may change upon disposition of currently pending motions, see Doc. Nos. 98, 99,
100, and because it is too early to determine the specific context in which potential evidence
This action is not currently on the Court’s September Trial Docket. Rather, as advised in
the Scheduling Order, the Court shall set a pretrial conference (if necessary) to determine
the trial setting and other pretrial motion deadlines following the Court’s ruling on any
dispositive motions. See id.
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might be introduced at trial, the Court denies Plaintiff’s Motions in Limine as premature,
without prejudice to refiling at a later date.
IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED that Plaintiff’s Motions in Limine (Doc. Nos. 82,
84) are DENIED WITHOUT PREJUDICE as premature. Plaintiff’s Motions to Amend
his Motions in Limine (Doc. Nos. 86, 87) are DENIED as moot.
IT IS SO ORDERED this 28th day of June, 2019.

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