Espinoza v. City of Seattle

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT WESTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON 8 AT SEATTLE 9 10 DANIEL ESPINOZA, CASE NO. C17-1709JLR 11 Plaintiff, ORDER ON DEFENDANTS’ v. DAUBERT MOTION AND 12 MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT CITY OF SEATTLE, et al., 13 Defendants. 14 15 I. INTRODUCTION 16 Before the court are (1) Defendants City of Seattle and Lieutenant Thomas 17 Mahaffey’s (collectively, “Defendants”) motion to exclude Plaintiff Daniel Espinoza’s 18 damages expert Erick West (MTE (Dkt. # 73)) and (2) Defendants’ motion for summary 19 judgment (MSJ (Dkt. # 75)). Mr. Espinoza opposes both motions.…