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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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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

CAROL THERESA SMITH, )

) 2:03-cv-02570-GEB

Plaintiff, )

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v. ) TRANSMITTAL TO PARTIES OF

) TRIAL DOCUMENTS

SAN JOAQUIN COUNTY SHERIFF’S )

SERGEANT WILLIAM DORCEY; and )

SAN JOAQUIN COUNTY SHERIFF’S )

DEPUTY MICHAEL VAN GROUW, )

) 

Defendants. )

)

Attached are proposed jury instructions. It is assumed

that the parties stipulate that Defendants acted under color of

law, so this element of Plaintiff’s claims has been omitted from

the attached instructions. Cf. Achor v. Riverside Golf Club, 117

F.3d 339, 341-42 (7th Cir. 1997) (indicating that instructions

should help jurors concentrate on the issues at hand). 

Defendants’ proposed affirmative defense instructions are

not included in the attached instructions because affirmative

defenses have not been preserved for trial in the FPO. As provided

in the FPO:

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Any legal theory of relief or affirmative

defense asserted in the pleadings but not

preserved for trial in . . . the [FPO] cannot

be raised during the trial. Therefore, to

preserve an issue for trial, and to be entitled

to jury instructions on that issue, the issue

shall be identified and preserved in [the FPO]. 

Failure to do so dismisses, waives or abandons

that issue, claim or defense. Hotel Emp., et

al. Health Tr. v. Elks Lodge 1450, 827 F.2d

1324, 1329 (9th Cir. 1987) (“Issues not

preserved in the pretrial order are eliminated

from the action.”).

(FPO at 3.)

The voir dire questions and proposed verdict form are

also attached.

Dated: October 4, 2005

/s/ Garland E. Burrell, Jr.

GARLAND E. BURRELL, JR.

United States District Judge

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