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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 NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

STEPHANIE HARRINGTON,

Plaintiff,

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CITY OF NAPA, et al.,

Defendants.

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No. C 04-00958 JSW

ORDER RE DEFENDANTS’

MOTIONS IN LIMINE NOS. 1 & 2

Now before the Court are Defendants’ Motions in Limine Nos. 1 and 2 and Plaintiff’s

Offers of Proof. Having carefully considered the parties’ papers and the relevant legal authority,

the Court HEREBY ORDERS that (1) Defendants’ Motion in Limine No. 1 is GRANTED; and

(2) Defendants’ Motion in Limine No. 2 is GRANTED IN PART and DENIED IN PART as

follows:

(a) GRANTED with respect to Officer Peecook’s prior arrest of John Harrington for

“lying to the police.”

(b) with respect to Plaintiff’s evidence that she told the police officers before they

arrested her that John Harrington had a record for armed robbery, was violent, that he had

broken her nose before, and punched holes in the wall, and that she was concerned that her

children were not safe alone with him, the motion is GRANTED CONTINGENT upon the

parties filing a stipulation to be read to the jury:

• that Plaintiff did not pose a flight risk, did not resist arrest, and was not

dangerous to the officers or others, and that the crime for which Plaintiff was

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being arrested was not severe enough to warrant the use of any force beyond the

standard handcuffing and transportation; and

• that Plaintiff went to her grandmother’s house and brought her grandmother back

because based on her concern for her children’s safety, Plaintiff did not want to

leave her children alone with John Harrington;

(c) with respect to evidence of John Harrington’s injuries; GRANTED CONTINGENT

upon the parties filing a stipulation to be read to the jury that John Harrington’s injuries, if any,

were minor;

(d) GRANTED with respect to Officer Peecook’s comments at the jail; and

(e) DENIED with respect to Plaintiff’s evidence that she and John Harrington had an

argument, she took the phone receiver to call 911, but he held the base so she could not dial, and

he pulled down on the cord to the receiver, so she threw down the receiver, all of which Plaintiff

told to the officers.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: August 5, 2005 

JEFFREY S. WHITE

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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