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Nature of Suit Code: 555
Nature of Suit: Prisoner - Prison Condition
Cause of Action: 42:1983 Prisoner Civil Rights

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

TION ALONZO HILL,

Plaintiff,

v.

JOSHUA ARNOLD, et al.,

Defendants.

Case No. 09-cv-05434-TEH 

ORDER ON EXCERPTS AND 

OBJECTIONS TO DEPOSITION 

TESTIMONY OF SERGEANT UNG

The parties have submitted a chart for the Court’s rulings on their objections to the 

proposed excerpts from the deposition of Sergeant Alvin Ung. Docket No. 171 at 1, 3-5. 

The Court will use the chart provided, and hereby rules as follows:

Plaintiff’s Deposition Objections 

No. Objection Page-Line Objection Sustained Overruled

1 9:2 Leading X

2 9:16 – 9:17 Lacks foundation X

3 11:8 – 11:9 Calls for narrative X

4 12:23 – 12:24 Vague and ambiguous

Calls for narrative

X

5 15:7 – 15:8 Lack of foundation

Vague and ambiguous

X

6 16:1 – 16:2 Lacks foundation

Vague and ambiguous

X

7 18:10 – 18:11 Vague and ambiguous X

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No. Objection Page-Line Objection Sustained Overruled

8 18:19 – 18:20 Lacks foundation. X

9 19:6 Leading X

10 20:25 – 21:1 Calls for narrative X

11 21:25 – 22:4 Speculative X

12 25:1 – 25:2 Lacks foundation X

13 25:10 – 25:11 Lacks Foundation X

14 25:16 Leading X

15 26:7 – 26:8 Lacks foundation X

16 26:25 – 27:1 Lacks foundation X

17 27:16 – 27:17 Lacks foundation X

18 29:4 Compound X

19 30:22 – 30:23 Speculation X

20 37:18 – 37:19 Vague and ambiguous. X

21 40:11 Leading X

22 45:3 – 45:4 Calls for speculation X

23 46:5 Leading X

24 48:4 – 48:8 Lacking foundation. X

25 48:25 – 49:1 Calls for speculation X

26 51:1 – 51:2 Calls for speculation

Lacks foundation

X

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No. Objection Page-Line Objection Sustained Overruled

27 78:22-23 Move to strike 78:13-18 as 

non-responsive

X

28 86:6 – 86:7 Calls for speculation X

29 86:13 – 86:14 Calls for speculation X

30 86:20 – 86:21 Calls for speculation X

31 87:3 – 87:4 Calls for speculation X

32 87:11 – 87:12 Vague and ambiguous.

Asked and answered

X

33 88:19 – 88:20 Calls for speculation X

Defendants’ Deposition Objections 

No. Objection Page-Line Objection Sustained Overruled

1 61:22 Vague X

2 62:3-4 Vague and Overbroad X

3 62:16 Vague X

4 62:21 Vague X

5 67:11-12 Vague and Overbroad X

6 79:24 Vague X

7 80:8 Vague X

9 8 82:5-6 Speculation X

10 9 83:2-3 Speculation X

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Defendants’ Objections to Plaintiff’s Excerpts

No. Objection Page-Line Objection Sustained Overruled

1 52:13-18 Relevance. A party can 

authenticate a photograph 

through its appearance, 

substance, or distinctive 

characteristics. Fed R. 

Evid. 901(b)(4). It is 

irrelevant whether Sgt. Ung 

took the photograph 

himself. 

X

2 61:12-18 Not Question and Answer. 

Fed. R. Evid. 611

X

2 3 81:12-17 Not Question and Answer. 

Fed. R. Evid. 611.

X

Excerpts to which there were no requested objection rulings are deemed admitted.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: 05/28/15 _____________________________________ 

THELTON E. HENDERSON 

United States District Judge

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