1:08-cv-00856 | E.D. Cal. | Dec 13, 2010
Case 1:08-cv-00856-LJO-GSA Document 406 Filed 12/13/10 Page 1 of 2
1 B. CLYDE HUTCHINSON, State Bar No. 037526 bch@llcllp.com 2 VINCENT CASTILLO, State Bar No. 209298 vcastillo@llcllp.com 3 JASON B. SHANE, State Bar No. 253908 jshane@llcllp.com 4 LOMBARDI, LOPER & CONANT, LLP Lake Merritt Plaza 5 1999 Harrison Street, Suite 2600 Oakland, CA 94612-3541 6 Telephone: (510) 433-2600 Facsimile: (510) 433-2699 7 Attorneys for Defendants 8 NATIONAL RAILROAD PASSENGER CORPORATION (erroneously sued herein as 9 AMTRAK CALIFORNIA), BNSF RAILWAY COMPANY (erroneously sued herein as 10 BURLINGTON NORTHERN SANTA FE P L RAILWAY), and STATE OF CALIFORNIA, L 11 DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION , T [0] N [0] A [6] [2] [1] N [4] e 12 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT [5] O t [3] i u - C
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, k I H a D LUCIO CORRAL RODRIGUEZ, Case No. 1:08-cv-00856 OWW GSA O [9] 15 R [9] [9] A individually and as Successor in Interest to [1] B M the decedents, MARICRUZ CORRAL, ORDER GRANTING DEFENDANTS
16 O IVAN ALEXANDER CORRAL, and NATIONAL RAILROAD PASSENGER L LUCIO ANTHONY CORRAL, CORPORATION’S, BNSF RAILWAY COMPANY’S, AND STATE OF Plaintiffs, CALIFORNIA, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION’S MOTION IN v. LIMINE NO. 11 TO LIMIT OR PRECLUDE EVIDENCE OBTAINED COUNTY OF STANISLAUS; CITY OF DURING PLAINTIFF’S UNNOTICED MODESTO; CITY OF RIVERBANK; SITE INSPECTIONS STATE OF CALIFORNIA; AMTRAK CALIFORNIA; BURLINGTON NORTHERN SANTA FE RAILWAY; and DOES 1 to 200,
Defendants. AND ALL RELATED ACTIONS. The Motion In Limine of Defendants National Railroad Passenger Corporation, BNSF Railway Company, and State of California, (hereinafter “NRPC, BNSF and California”) to Limit 13249-36853 VC 592193.1 1 Case No. 1:08-cv-00856 OWW GSA
ORDER GRANTING DEFS’ MOTION IN LIMINE NO. 11 Case 1:08-cv-00856-LJO-GSA Document 406 Filed 12/13/10 Page 2 of 2
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or Preclude Evidence Obtained During Plaintiffs’ Unnoticed Site Inspections came on regularly
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for hearing on December 1, 2010, in Department 3 of the above-captioned Court. Plaintiff Lucio
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Corral Rodriguez was represented by Aaron Markowitz, Esq. Defendants NRPC, BNSF and
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California were represented by Clyde Hutchinson and Vincent Castillo. The County of Stanislaus
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was represented by Dan Farrar. Having considered the moving papers, any opposition filed, and
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following oral argument, the Court orders as follows:
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The Motion in Limine is GRANTED.
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1. Plaintiff is barred from presenting evidence of any kind obtained (a) during any
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and all unnoticed site inspections by him, his attorneys, his experts, or any other agent at the
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Claribel Road crossing or any other property of BNSF and (b) while entering onto BNSF’s
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evidence, reference to evidence, testimony, or argument of the matters precluded above.
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IT IS SO ORDERED.
Dated: December 9, 2010 /s/ Oliver W. Wanger
UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE
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