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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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United States District Court

Northern District of California

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SAN JOSE DIVISION

JACOB PARENTI, et al.,

Plaintiffs,

v.

COUNTY OF MONTEREY, et al.,

Defendants.

Case No. 14-cv-05481-BLF 

ORDER ADOPTING MAGISTRATE 

JUDGE’S REPORT AND 

RECOMMENDATION TO GRANT IN 

PART AND DENY IN PART 

PLAINTIFFS’ MOTION TO EXCLUDE 

NON-RETAINED EXPERTS

[Re: ECF 76, 88]

Before the Court is Magistrate Judge Susan van Keulen’s Report and Recommendation to 

Grant in Part and Deny in Part Plaintiffs’ Motion to Exclude Non-Retained Experts. R&R, ECF 

88. No objection to the Report and Recommendation has been filed and the deadline to object has 

expired. See Fed. R. Civ. P. 72(b)(2) (deadline for objection is fourteen days after being served 

with report and recommendation).

The Report and Recommendation addresses Plaintiffs’ motion to exclude two of the nonretained experts disclosed by Defendants California Forensic Medical Group and Dr. Taylor 

Fithian (“CFMG Defendants”), which was made as part of a larger motion to exclude heard by this 

Court on April 27, 2017. See Pl.’s Motion to Exclude, ECF 76. The Court ruled on most aspects 

of Plaintiffs’ motion in an order issued May 3, 2017, but it referred to Judge van Keulen the issue 

of whether non-retained experts Julie Kelly and Dr. Delmar Greenleaf should be excluded based 

on the CFMG Defendants’ failure to comply with the disclosure requirements of Federal Rule of 

Civil Procedure 26. See Order Granting in Part and Denying in Part Plaintiffs’ Motion to Exclude, 

ECF 87. Judge van Keulen recommends that the Court deny the motion to exclude Kelly and 

Greenleaf altogether but limit their trial testimony significantly.

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The Court finds the Report and Recommendation to be correct, well-reasoned, and 

thorough. Specifically, the Court agrees with Judge van Keulen that the CFMG Defendants’ 

disclosures regarding Kelly and Greenleaf do not comply with Rule 26(a)(2)(C) and that the 

appropriate remedy is to limit the witnesses’ testimony to the disclosures which were provided. 

See R&R at 4-5, ECF 88. 

Accordingly, the Court:

(1) ADOPTS the Report and Recommendation in its entirety; and 

(2) LIMITS the trial testimony of Kelly and Greenleaf as set forth in the Report and 

Recommendation.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: June 6, 2017

______________________________________

BETH LABSON FREEMAN

United States District Judge

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