Briefing Deadlines Set on Motions in Limine in 2020 Election Robocall Case
U.S. District Judge Victor Marrero for Southern New York in Manhattan granted the letter motion of counsel for defendants Jacob Wohl and Jack Burkman, establishing a July 7 deadline to respond to two motions in limine filed by the plaintiffs…
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(see 2306260042), said his signed order Monday (docket 1:20-cv-08668). The plaintiffs’ reply is due July 14, said Marrero’s order. Wohl and Burkman face a Dec. 11 jury damages trial for their roles in a robocall campaign to suppress Black citizens’ mail-in votes in the run-up to the 2020 election. The plaintiffs' motions seek an order prohibiting the defendants from producing evidence at trial involving two former defendants who previously settled the claims against them, though they agreed to be held liable for damages. The plaintiffs also want to limit testimony at trial about one plaintiff’s 2002 conviction on a nonviolent offense.