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Nature of Suit Code: 550
Nature of Suit: Prisoner - Civil Rights (U.S. defendant)
Cause of Action: 42:1983 Prisoner Civil Rights

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SACRAMENTO DIVISION

HENRY L. MEADOWS, )

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) Case No. 2:07-cv-00475-HDM-RAM

Plaintiff, )

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vs. ) ORDER FOR PREPARATION

) OF JURY INSTRUCTIONS

PORTER, et al., )

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Defendants. )

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All proposed jury instructions are required to be filed and served at least five (5) days prior

to the trial. Jury instructions are to be submitted in the following format:

(a) The parties shall jointly submit one set of agreed upon instructions. To

accomplish this, the parties shall serve their proposed instructions on each other two

(2) weeks prior to the trial. The parties shall then meet, confer, and submit to the

Court one complete set of agreed instructions.

(b) If the parties cannot agree upon one complete set of instructions, they shall

submit one set of those instructions that have been agreed upon, and each party shall

submit a supplemental set of instructions which are not agreed upon.

(c) These joint instructions and supplemental instructions shall be filed five

(5) days prior to the trial. Each party shall then file, two (2) days before trial, any

objections to the non-agreed upon instructions proposed by the other party. All

objections shall be in writing and shall set forth the proposed instruction objected to

in its entirety. The objection should then specifically set forth the objectionable

material in the proposed instruction. The objection shall contain citation to authority

explaining why the instruction is improper and a concise statement of argument

concerning the instruction. Where applicable, the objecting party shall submit an

alternative instruction.

(d) The parties shall submit the proposed joint set of instructions and

proposed supplemental instructions in the following format:

(I) there must be two (2) copies of each instruction;

(ii) the first copy shall indicate the number of the proposed instruction

and the authority supporting each instruction; and

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(iii) the second copy shall contain only the proposed instruction –

there should be no other marks or writings on the second copy except for the word

“Instruction #____ “ in the bottom margin. (See Attachment 1, attached hereto.)

(e) On the day of trial, the parties may submit a concise argument supporting

the appropriateness of each party’s proposed instructions to which the other party

objected.

(f) All instructions should be short, concise, understandable, and neutral

statements of law. Argumentative or formal instructions are improper, will not be

given, and should not be submitted.

(g) Parties should also note that any modifications of instructions from

statutory authority, Devitt and Blackmar, Ninth Circuit Manual of Model Jury

Instructions, or any other form instructions, must specifically state the modification

made to the original form instruction and the authority supporting the modification.

(h) Failure to comply with any of the above instructions may subject the

noncomplying party and/or counsel to sanctions.

(I) Using WordPerfect software, counsel shall submit to the Court proposed

jury instructions without citations: one document containing the joint jury

instructions, one document for the plaintiff’s proposed instructions, and one

document for the defendant’s proposed instructions. Proposed jury instructions shall

be submitted via email and addressed to Courtroom Administrator at

paris_rich@nvd.uscourts.gov.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

The Court further orders the Clerk to serve copies of this Order on all parties. 

The date of the Clerk's file mark shall constitute the date of this Order.

 /s/ ___________

HOWARD D. McKIBBEN

Senior United States District Judge

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In reaching your verdict you may consider only the testimony and exhibits received

into evidence. Certain things are not evidence, and you may not consider them in deciding what the

facts are. I will list them for you.

1. Questions and objections are not evidence. You should not be influenced by the

Court’s ruling on them.

2. Testimony that has been excluded or stricken, or that you have been instructed to

disregard, is not evidence and must not be considered. In addition, some testimony and exhibits have

been received only for a limited purpose; where I have given a limiting instruction, you must follow

it.

3. Anything you may have seen or heard when the Court was not in session is not

evidence. You are able to decide the case solely on the evidence received at the trial.

Instruction No. ________

ATTACHMENT 1

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