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Nature of Suit Code: 442
Nature of Suit: Civil Rights Employment
Cause of Action: 42:1981 Job Discrimination (Race)

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Northern District of California

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SAN JOSE DIVISION

THOMAS CORREA,

Plaintiff,

v.

THE CITY OF SAN JOSE; THE SAN JOSE 

POLICE DEPARTMENT (“SJPD”); 

MICHAEL SULLIVAN, individually and in 

his official capacity as Lieutenant, SJPD; 

KIMBERLY HUDSON, individually and in 

her official capacity as Sergeant, SJPD,

Defendants.

Case No. 5:12-cv-05436-HRL

ORDER RE DEFENDANT’S MOTIONS 

IN LIMINE

Re: Dkt. No. 95

As discussed at the December 10, 2015 final pretrial conference,1the rulings of the court 

made on the record at the conference shall constitute the court’s pretrial order. Additionally, for 

the reasons discussed at that conference, the court rules on defendant’s motions in limine as 

follows:

Motion in Limine No. 1 to “preclude plaintiff from presenting evidence regarding his 

abandoned claim for retaliation based on claims of or opposition to racial discrimination” is 

GRANTED as unopposed.

Motion in Limine No. 2 to “preclude plaintiff from presenting evidence or argument 

 

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Pursuant to the parties’ stipulation at the pretrial conference, defendants Michael Sullivan and 

Kimberly Hudson are dismissed.

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regarding a claim for assault or battery” is GRANTED IN PART AND DENIED IN PART as 

follows: Plaintiff will not be precluded from presenting evidence as to the events underlying his 

abandoned claim for battery. However, plaintiff shall not reference, mention, or argue his 

abandoned battery claim in any way. Fed. R. Evid. 401, 402, 403.

Motion in Limine No. 3 to “preclude plaintiff from presenting evidence regarding his 

claim for retaliation based on the October 25 meeting with Sullivan and Cavallaro” is DENIED. 

Fed. R. Evid. 401, 402, 403.

Motion in Limine No. 4 to “preclude plaintiff from presenting evidence he was retaliated

against based on his October 24 speech” is GRANTED. Fed. R. Evid. 401, 402, 403.

Motion in Limine No. 5 to “preclude plaintiff from presenting evidence regarding his 

proposed claim for violation of the Public Safety Officers’ Procedural Bill of Rights [POBOR]” is 

GRANTED IN PART AND DENIED IN PART as follows: Plaintiff may present evidence 

underlying his contention that his POBOR rights were violated. However, plaintiff shall not assert 

or argue that defendant violated POBOR.

Motion in Limine No. 6 to “exclude testimony regarding unrelated allegations” is 

DEFERRED.

Motion in Limine No. 7 to “limit the testimony of plaintiff’s proposed expert Stephen 

D’Arcy” is GRANTED IN PART AND DENIED IN PART as follows: The motion is granted as 

to the Rampart Report. D’Arcy may mention POBOR, but he may not state that POBOR was 

violated. D’Arcy may not offer legal conclusions, speculative or argumentative opinions, or make 

fact determinations that properly belong to the jury. Fed. R. Evid. 403, 702, 703.

Motion in Limine No. 8 to “exclude written expert reports” is GRANTED. Fed. R. Evid. 

403, 802.

Motion in Limine No. 9 to “exclude any evidence or witnesses not produced or revealed in 

response to discovery requests” is GRANTED. Fed. R. Civ. P. 37(c).

Motion in Limine No. 10 to “exclude the audio recordings and transcripts of internal 

affairs interviews” is GRANTED. Fed. R. Evid. 403, 802.

Motion in Limine No. 11 to “preclude plaintiff from introducing internal affairs reports” is 

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DEFERRED.

Motion in Limine No. 12 to “preclude testimony of Lou Hernandez and Bobby Lopez” is 

DEFERRED.

SO ORDERED.

Dated: December 11, 2015

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HOWARD R. LLOYD

United States Magistrate Judge

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5:12-cv-05436-HRL Notice has been electronically mailed to:

Ardell Johnson CAO.Main@sanjoseca.gov

Nkia Desiree Richardson cao.main@sanjoseca.gov

Thomas Kevin Bourke TallTom2@aol.com, legalassistant@bourkelaw.com, 

mazizi@bourkelaw.com

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