Chaudhry v. Smith

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 11 PERVAIZ A. CHAUDHRY, M.D., et al., Case No. 1:16-cv-01243-SAB 12 Plaintiffs, ORDER RE MOTIONS IN LIMINE 13 v. (ECF Nos. 90, 91, 92, 93) 14 DR. KAREN SMITH, 15 Defendant. 16 17 I. 18 BACKGROUND 19 Pervaiz A. Chaudhry, M.D., and Valley Cardiac Surgery Medical Group (“Plaintiffs’) 20 filed this civil rights action pursuant to

42 U.S.C. § 1983

in Fresno County Superior Court on 1 21 June 17, 2016. (Compl., ECF No. 1 at 10-30. ) Plaintiff Chaudhry, a cardiac surgeon, performed 22 cardiac surgery on a patient who went…