Project Types: Court Filings

GOVERNMENT’S MOTION TO SUPPLEMENT ITS RESPONSES TO DEFENDANTS’ MOTIONS TO SEVER AND ITS MOTION TO SEVER DEFENDANTS INTO THREE TIERS FOR TRIAL

GOVERNMENT’S OMNIBUS RESPONSE IN OPPOSITION TO DEFENDANT SANTILLI’S MOTION TO DISMISS COUNT 3 (ECF No. 702) AND DEFENDANT PAYNE’S MOTION TO DISMISS COUNTS 3, 6, 9 AND 15 FOR FAILURE TO ALLEGE “A CRIME OF VIOLENCE” (ECF No. 710) RYAN W. PAYNE, and PETER T. SANTILLI, et al. Defendants.

INTERVENORS’ OBJECTIONS TO THE MAGISTRATE JUDGE’S ORDER GRANTING IN PART GOVERNMENT’S MOTION FOR A PROTECTIVE ORDER, AND OBJECTIONS TO MAGISTRATE JUDGE’S PROTECTIVE ORDER  (Doc. #354 (Motion for Protective Order); Doc. #357 (Corrected Motion for Protective Order); Docs. 315, 328, 331, 333, 349, 360, 398 (Defendants’ Oppositions); Doc. #570 (Intervenors’ Opposition); Doc. 608 (Order); Doc. #609 (Protective Order)) 

The United States, by and through the undersigned, respectfully moves in limine to preclude the defendants from 1) addressing in voir dire, opening statement, or closing argument, and/or 2) adducing or eliciting during direct or cross-examination, any information or argument that the defendants broadly characterize as “state of mind” evidence which, as shown below, amounts to nothing more than irrelevant personal opinions and beliefs about the BLM, BLM agents, and agent conduct. More specifically, the government seeks to preclude evidence, information, commentary, beliefs or opinions about the following: • April 6, 2014, officer encounters with civilians during the arrest of Dave […]