Cooke v. Shapiro

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT DISTRICT OF CONNECTICUT WAYNE COOKE, ET AL. Plaintiffs, v. No. 3:19-cv-371 (VAB) DANIEL SHAPIRO, ET AL. Defendants. ORDER ON THE ADMISSIBILITY OF DEPOSITION TESTIMONY Due to the unavailability of William Root (“Root”), Defendants have designated portions of the transcript of William Root on December 14, 2022, which Defendants propose to read to the jury in this case. Under Rule 804 of the Federal Rules of Evidence, when the declarant is unavailable as a witness, his or her statements can be admitted as an exception to the rule against hearsay in limited…