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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

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

JESSE PEREZ,

Plaintiff,

v.

A GATES, et al.,

Defendants.

Case No. 13-cv-05359-VC 

ORDER

Under Fed. R. Evid. 403, the defendants are precluded from cross-examining the plaintiff 

about his First Amendment activity following October 10, 2012. Cf. Brodheim v. Cry, 584 F.3d 

1262, 1271 (9th Cir. 2009) ("[A]n objective standard governs the chilling inquiry; a plaintiff does 

not have to show that 'his speech was actually inhibited or suppressed,' but rather that the adverse 

action at issue 'would chill or silence a person of ordinary firmness from future First Amendment 

activities.' To hold otherwise 'would be unjust' as it would 'allow a defendant to escape liability 

for a First Amendment violation merely because an unusually determined plaintiff persists in his 

protected activity.'" (quoting Rhodes v. Robinson, 408 F.3d 559, 568-69 (9th Cir. 2004))

(emphasis omitted)).

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: November 16, 2015

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 VINCE CHHABRIA

 United States District Judge

Case 3:13-cv-05359-VC Document 162 Filed 11/16/15 Page 1 of 1