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Nature of Suit Code: 310
Nature of Suit: Airplane Personal Injury
Cause of Action: 28:2271 Federal Tort Claims Act

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No. 02-cv-5649, Proposed Order

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

ALESSANDRA BROHMER, et al., ) CV-F-02-5649 OWW TAG

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Plaintiffs, )

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v. )

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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, )

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Defendant. )

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Upon consideration of the Motion of the United States To Exclude the Testimony

of Julie Belanger [Doc. # 217], the Court hereby grants the motion in part and denies it in

part. Given Ms. Belanger’s lack of experience in experimental test flight documentation,

including photography from an F-16 fighter jet, her opinions on such photography would

be unreliable and unhelpful to the Court. Fed. R. Evid. 702; Daubert v. Merrell Dow

Pharm., Inc., 509 U.S. 579 (1993). Ms. Belanger may testify on the issue of damages,

however, if that issue is reached. Accordingly, it is hereby:

ORDERED that the United States’ motion be, and hereby is, granted in part and

denied in part, as set forth above. 

Dated: October 23, 2007

/s/ OLIVER W. WANGER

United States District Judge

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No. 02-cv-5649, Proposed Order

PETER D. KEISLER

Assistant Attorney General

MCGREGOR W. SCOTT

United States Attorney

KIMBERLY A. GAAB

Assistant United States Attorney

Telephone: (559) 498-7272

ROBERT J. GROSS

JILL DAHLMANN ROSA

CHRISTOPHER J. WILL

Trial Attorneys

U.S. Department of Justice

Torts Branch, Civil Division

Post Office Box 14271

Washington, D.C. 20044

Telephone: (202) 616-4038

Attorneys for the United States of America

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

ALESSANDRA BROHMER, et al., ) CV-F-02-5649 OWW TAG

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Plaintiffs, )

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v. ) CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, )

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Defendant )

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I hereby certify that a copy of the foregoing was served via e-mail delivery through

the Court’s electronic case filing system this 22nd day of October, 2007, to the following

counsel of record:

Craig R. McClellan

The McClellan Law Firm

1144 State Street

San Diego, CA 92101

619-231-0505

619-544-0540 (fax)

Craig@mcclellanlaw.com

 /s/ ROBERT J. GROSS 

Employee, U.S. Department of Justice

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