Harris v. The City of Lewisburg, Tennessee et al

Filing 91

ORDER granting in part and denying in part 51 Motion in Limine. Signed by Judge Billy Roy Wilson on 8/8/17. (DOCKET TEXT SUMMARY ONLY-ATTORNEYS MUST OPEN THE PDF AND READ THE ORDER.)(Beard, Melanie)

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE MIDDLE DISTRICT OF TENNESSEE
COLUMBIA DIVISION
LA’MONN HARRIS
VS.

PLAINTIFF
1:15-CV-00114-BRW

THE CITY OF LEWISBURG, TENNESSEE
and BUCK BEARD

DEFENDANTS

ORDER
Plaintiff’s Motion in Limine (Doc. No. 51) is GRANTED IN PART and DENIED IN
PART.
Plaintiff’s unopposed request that there be no mention of unemployment compensation is
GRANTED.
The forgery conviction is admissible. However, there is no need to talk about the
probation revocation. I believe that Defendants can make the points he wants to make – that
Plaintiff did not want to be a “laborer” – without going into how he got the job with Defendants.
The request that there be no mention of Plaintiff’s work history before and after his
employment with Defendants is DENIED. However, it seems to me that the only relevant work
history before this job would be the fact that he was a truck driver, since Defendants’ theory
appears to be that Plaintiff wanted to return to being a truck driver.
IT IS SO ORDERED this 8th day of August, 2017.

/s/ Billy Roy Wilson
UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE