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Judge Leichty: Motions in Limine

Any motion in limine must ordinarily be filed at least 14 days before the final pretrial conference, together with ap­propriate memoranda citing points and authorities. You may raise as many issues in a motion in limine as the case makes appropriate, but you may only file one motion. Oral motions in limine will be allowed only for good cause shown. Motions should identify the evidence at issue with specificity.

Any response to a motion in limine must ordinarily be filed at least 7 days before the final pretrial conference. It must state, if applicable, that there is no objection to granting any part of a motion in limine.

The court’s orders in limine are not final rulings on the admissibility of evidence; they are purely interlocutory. They simply require that the topic be discussed again outside the jury’s hearing before the jury hears anything about the evidence covered by the order.

Generally, the parties should rely on the Memorandum of Status Conference for the submission deadlines.