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Nature of Suit Code: 550
Nature of Suit: Prisoner - Civil Rights (U.S. defendant)
Cause of Action: 42:1983 Prisoner Civil Rights

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

MICHAEL BAKER,

Plaintiff,

v.

PEREZ, et al.,

Defendants.

No. 2: 09-cv-2757 MCE KJN P

ORDER

Plaintiff is a state prisoner, proceeding without counsel, with a civil rights action pursuant 

to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. This action is set for jury trial before the Honorable Morrison C. England 

on January 5, 2015. On April 16, 2014, the court issued a pretrial order. Pending are several 

motions filed in response to the pretrial order.

Plaintiff’s Motion to Supplement Witness List (ECF No. 165)

On April 21, 2014, plaintiff filed a motion to supplement his witness list. (ECF No. 165.) 

This motion lists all of the witnesses identified in plaintiff’s pretrial statement and discussed in 

the pretrial order but for Nurse Barton and Debbie Arizmendi. Plaintiff’s supplemental witness 

list contains a description of the testimony of all proposed witnesses, incarcerated and 

unincarcerated. Plaintiff states that he did not understand that his original pretrial statement was 

required to contain this showing regarding his proposed unincarcerated witnesses. 

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The November 6, 2013 further scheduling order (ECF No. 149) required plaintiff’s 

pretrial statement to contain a description of the testimony of his proposed incarcerated witnesses. 

This showing was not required for plaintiff’s proposed unincarcerated witnesses. For this reason, 

plaintiff’s motion to supplement his witness list is denied as unnecessary. If plaintiff does not 

intend to call witnesses listed in the pretrial order, he shall notify the court and defendants.

Plaintiff’s Motion for Sanctions ECF No. 168)

In the motion for sanctions filed June 11, 2014 (ECF No. 168), plaintiff alleges that 

defendant Medina’s pretrial statement lists many witnesses and exhibits that were not previously 

disclosed. Plaintiff alleges that several of these witnesses and exhibits should have been 

identified in response to plaintiff’s discovery requests. Plaintiff requests that defendant Medina 

be sanctioned for failing to disclose these witnesses and exhibits in response to his discovery 

requests. In particular, plaintiff requests that defendant Medina be prohibited from calling these 

witnesses and introducing these exhibits at trial.

In his objections to plaintiff’s motion for sanctions (ECF No. 169), defendant Medina 

argues that plaintiff’s arguments in his motion for sanctions are more appropriately raised in a 

motion in limine. The undersigned agrees. Motions in limine must be filed seven days prior to 

trial. The jury trial is set for January 5, 2015. Because the jury trial is approximately six months 

away, plaintiff’s motion for sanctions is premature. Accordingly, plaintiff’s motion for sanctions 

is denied without prejudice. 

Defendant’s Objections to the Pretrial Order (ECF No. 166)

Defendant Medina objects that three witnesses listed as defense witnesses in the pretrial 

order, i.e., Litigation Coordinators Amrein, Kimbrell and Herrera, were not intended to be 

defendant’s trial witnesses. Defendant states that these three persons were listed in defendant’s 

pretrial statement for the purpose of contacting defense trial witnesses. Defendant requests that 

these persons be removed from the defense trial witness list contained in the pretrial order. 

Good cause appearing, Litigation Coordinators Amrein, Kimbrell and Herrera are 

removed from the defense trial witness list contained in the pretrial order. 

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Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that:

1. Plaintiff’s motion to supplement his witness list (ECF No. 165) is denied;

2. Plaintiff’s motion for sanctions (ECF No. 168) is denied;

3. Litigation Coordinators Amrein, Kimbrell and Herrera are removed from the defense 

trial witness list contained in the pretrial order. 

Dated: July 10, 2014

Bak2757.cla

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