Opinion
CIVIL ACTION NO.: 17-00677-BAJ-RLB
08-06-2018
RENEE SOLIS, ET AL. v. ASCENSION PARISH SCHOOL BOARD, ET AL.
RULING AND ORDER
Before the Court is the Motion in Limine to Exclude Deposition Testimony of Renee Solis (Doc. 42), filed by Plaintiff, Renee Solis. Plaintiff seeks to exclude pages 1 to 111 of Rene Solis's deposition because it is alleged that one of the two sign-language interpreters used for her deposition used English instead of American Sign Language ("ASL"), a distinct language with its own separate diction and sentence structures. (Doc. 42-1 at pp. 1-2). For the reasons that follow, the Motion in Limine is DENIED WITHOUT PREJUDICE to Plaintiffs' Right to re-urge the motion following the hearing on the Motion for Preliminary Injunction (Doc. 20).
A hearing on Plaintiff's motion for preliminary injunction is scheduled for August 15, 2018. (Doc. 41). The Federal Rules of Evidence do not apply to preliminary injunctions. See Sierra Club, Lone Star Chapter v. F.D.I.C., 992 F.2d 545, 551 (5th Cir. 1993) ("[A]t the preliminary injunction stage, the procedures in the district court are less formal, and the district court may rely on otherwise inadmissible evidence."). Because of the relaxed evidentiary standard at a preliminary injunction hearing, the Court will deny the motion.
Accordingly,
IT IS ORDERED that the motion (Doc. 42) is DENIED WITHOUT PREJUDICE to Plaintiffs' right to re-urge the motion at a later stage.
Baton Rouge, Louisiana, this 6th day of August, 2018.
/s/ _________
BRIAN A. JACKSON, DISTRICT JUDGE
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
MIDDLE DISTRICT OF LOUISIANA