Court Opinion

ID: 9516699
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-06 23:49:22.482892+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T09:38:53.188481
License: Public Domain

TRAXLER, Circuit Judge,
concurring.
I concur in the results reached in the majority’s opinion and write separately to add a few thoughts on the exclusion of the *865testimony of the government’s proposed expert. We review this decision for abuse of discretion. We are not at liberty to substitute our own judgment for that of the district judge, even if we as individuals would have ruled differently. Because the evidence in the record regarding the qualifications of the proposed expert in this particular area was weak and because the basis for his opinion likewise lacked solid support, I cannot say that the district judge abused his discretion in ruling out the opinion of the proposed expert. If there had been a firmer foundation for this testimony, my vote would have been different.