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Jason D. Lamm (018454)

Law Office of Jason Lamm

6245 North 24th Pkwy, Ste. 208

Phoenix, AZ 85016-2030

Tel: (602) 222-9237

Fax: (602) 222-2299

Email: jlamm@cyberlawaz.com

David J. Don (016462)

LAW OFFICE OF DAVID J. DON, PLLC

301 E. Bethany Home Rd., Suite B-100

Phoenix, Arizona 85012

Tel: 480-948-1212

Fax: 480-696-7756

Email: david@azcivilrights.com

Attorneys for Plaintiff Leslie A. Merritt, Jr.

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE DISTRICT OF ARIZONA

Leslie A Merritt, Jr., a single man,

Plaintiff,

vs.

State of Arizona, et al.

Defendants.

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Case No.: CV17-4540-PHX-DGC

PROPOSED ADDITIONAL JURY 

INSTRUCTION

The Plaintiff, through counsel, submits the following additional jury 

instruction as requested by the Court (Doc. 382, p 15):

The Defendant arrested Plaintiff on September 18, 2015. He remained in 

custody until April 19, 2016. To determine damages for the claim of false arrest, false 

imprisonment, and aiding and abetting, you should consider only the injuries that 

accrued from September 18, 2015, until September 24, 2015. A claim for damages 

accrues on the dates that the injury is sustained.

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The Plaintiff was cleared of any allegation or charge arising from the 

Defendant's investigation against him. The jury should not consider the result of 

criminal case as a fact in favor of or against any party, and should confine its 

attention to Plaintiff’s claim that his arrest on September 18, 2015, lacked probable 

cause and his claim for damages that accrued from September 18, 2015, until 

September 24, 2015. 

DATED this 8th day of October 2020.

LAW OFFICE OF JASON LAMM

By: /s/ Jason D. Lamm

David J. Don

Attorney for Plaintiff Leslie Merritt, Jr.

LAW OFFICES OF DAVID J. DON, P.L.L.C.

By: /s/ David J. Don

David J. Don

Attorney for Plaintiff Leslie Merritt, Jr.

POLSINELLI, P.C.

By: /s/Edward F. Novak

Edward F. Novak, Esq.

Melissa Ho, Esq.

Jonathan G. Brinson, Esq.

Andrew Fox, Esq.

Attorneys for Defendants

CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

I certify that on this 8th day of October 2020, I electronically transmitted the 

attached document to the Clerk’s Office using the CM/ECF system for filing and 

transmittal of a Notice of Electronic Filing to the following CM/ECF registrants:

Clerk of the Court

United States District Court, District of Arizona

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Sandra Day O’Connor Courthouse

401 W. Washington St.

Phoenix, AZ 85003

Edward F. Novak, Esq.

Melissa Ho, Esq.

Jonathan G. Brinson, Esq.

Andrew Fox, Esq.

Polsinelli PC

One East Washington Street, Suite 1200

Phoenix, AZ 85004

enovak@polsinelli.com; mho@polsinelli.com, jbrinson@polsinelli.com

Attorneys for Defendant State of Arizona, Heston Silbert, Christopher Kalkowski, 

Frank Milstead, Ken Hunter, Kelly M. Heape, Jennifer Pinnow, Anthony Falcone

By: /s/ David J. Don

David J Don

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