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Nature of Suit Code: 440
Nature of Suit: Other Civil Rights
Cause of Action: 42:1983 Civil Rights Act

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United States District Court

For the Northern District of California

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United States District Court

For the Northern District of California

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

ABHINAV BHATNAGAR,

Plaintiff,

 v.

JASON INGRASSIA, et al.,

Defendants. /

No. C 07-02669 CRB

ORDER

Now pending before the Court is plaintiffs’ motion in limine. Plaintiffs’ motion for

 the application of issue preclusion is DENIED. See Davis v. Eide, 439 F.2d 1077, 1078 (9th

Cir. 1971); Yezek v. Mitchell, 2007 WL 61887 (N.D. Cal. Jan. 8, 2007); McCoy v.

Hernandez, 203 F.3d 371, 374-75 (5th Cir. 2000); Duncan v. Clements, 744 F.2d 48, 51-52

(8th Cir. 1984). The Court has finally decided this issue; plaintiff shall not engage in

discovery that is relevant only to the question of issue preclusion.

As the Court indicated at oral argument, the results of the prior proceedings, and the

findings from those proceedings, are nonetheless admissible and relevant to various issues in

the case. After reviewing United States v. Sine, 493 F.3d 1021 (9th Cir. 2007), the Court

concludes that it is premature to determine exactly how, and in what form, the evidence of

the prior proceedings shall be admitted. Such a determination, as well as the determination 

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of the order of proof, cannot be made until the time of trial.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: May 5, 2008 

CHARLES R. BREYER

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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