Deane v. Pacific Financial Group Inc

Opinion

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6 7 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 8 WESTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON AT SEATTLE 9 10 KENNETH I DEANE, CASE NO. C19-722 MJP 11 Plaintiff, ORDER ON MOTIONS IN LIMINE AND MOTION TO SEAL 12 v. 13 PACIFIC FINANCIAL GROUP INC, ET AL., 14 Defendants. 15

16 This matter comes before the Court on the following: 17 1. Defendants’ Motion in Limine Re: Future Damages (Dkt. No. 86); 18 2. Defendants’ Motions in Limine (Dkt. No. 97); 19 3. Defendants’ Motion in Limine Filed Under Seal (Dkt. No. 101); 20 4. Defendants’ Motion to Seal the Motion in Limine and Supporting Materials (Dkt. 21 No. 99); 22 5. Plaintiff’s Response to Defendants’ Motion in Limine Re: Future Damages (Dkt. 23 No. 95); and 24 1 6. Plaintiff’s Response to Defendants’ Motions in Limine and Motion in Limine 2 Filed Under Seal (Dkt. No. 105). 3 Having reviewed the above filings and all supporting materials, and having held a pretrial 4 conference with counsel for the Parties during which the above Motions were discussed, the 5 Court rules as follows:

6 1. The Court DENIES Defendants’ Motions in Limine Re: Future Damages (Dkt. No. 7 86); 8 2. The Court GRANTS in part and DENIES in part Defendants’ Motions in Limine 9 (Dkt. Nos. 97), as follows: 10 a. The Court DENIES Defendants’ Motions in Limine 2, 3, 4, 8, and 9; and 11 b. The Court GRANTS Defendants’ Motions in Limine 1, 5, 6, and 7; 12 3. The Court GRANTS Defendants’ Motion in Limine Filed Under Seal (Dkt. No. 13 101)—no information or reference to a criminal conviction may be used at trial; 14 4. The Court finds good cause to keep the matters filed in Dkt. Nos. 101 and 102 under

15 seal and GRANTS Defendants’ Motion to Seal (Dkt. No. 99). See Kamakana v. City 16 of County of Honolulu, 447 F.3d 1172, 1179 (9th Cir. 2006). The records in Dkt. 17 Nos. 101 and 102 shall remained sealed. 18 The clerk is ordered to provide copies of this order to all counsel. 19 Dated October 21, 2020. A 20 21 Marsha J. Pechman United States District Judge 22 23 24