Motion-Secondary: RUBEN SANTOS MARTINEZ VS JAVIER AVIEL VALENZUELA

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                                Electronically FILED by Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles on 06/30/2021 11:31 AM Sherri R. Carter, Executive Officer/Clerk of Court, by L. Coreas,Deputy Clerk


                         SCOTT L. MACDONALD, ESQ. (SBN: 171865)
                    1 RORY D. LEOS, ESQ. (SBN: 228161)
                         MACDONALD & CODY, LLP
                    2 28 Executive Park, Third Floor
                         Irvine, California 92614
                    3 Telephone: (714) 831-1713
                         Facsimile: (714) 823-3229
                    4 E-mails: smacdonald@macdonaldcody.com
                                       rleos@macdonaldcody.com
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                         Attorneys for Defendant JAVIER AVIEL VALENZUELA
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                    8                               SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA
                    9                                                      COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES
                  10 RUBEN SANTOS MARTINEZ, an individual,                                              Case No.: 19STCV39214
                  11                             Plaintiff,                                             [Unlimited Jurisdiction – Exceeds $25,000]
                         v.
                  12                                                                                                Assigned For All Purposes To:
                                                                                                                     Judge Stephen I. Goorvitch
                  13 JAVIER AVIEL VALENZUELA, an                                                                           Department 32
                         individual, and DOES 1- 10, inclusive,
                  14                                                                                    DEFENDANT JAVIER AVIEL
                                                  Defendants.                                           VALENZUELA’S REPLY TO
                  15                                                                                    PLAINTIFF’S OPPOSITION TO
                                                                                                        DEFENDANT’S MOTION IN LIMINE NO.
                  16                                                                                    1 TO PRECLUDE MENTION OF
                                                                                                        SPECIFIC DOLLAR FIGURES TO JURY
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                                                                                                        STATEMENT; MEMORANDUM OF
                  18                                                                                    POINTS AND AUTHORITIES
                  19                                                                                    Complaint Filed: 10/28/2019
                                                                                                        Trial Date:      07/19/2021
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                                     TO THE COURT, PLAINTIFF, AND PLAINTIFF’S ATTORNEY OF RECORD:
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                                     Defendant, JAVIER AVIEL VALENZUELA, Valenzuela (“defendant”) submits his Reply
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                         to Plaintiff RUBEN SANTOS MARTINEZ’s (“plaintiff”) Opposition to Defendant’s Motion in
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                         Limine Number One for an order precluding Plaintiff from making any reference to specific dollar
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                         figures during voir dire and Plaintiff’s opening statement or mentioning “a range” of damages that
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                         plaintiff may be seeking to recover in this matter.
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                               DEFENDANT JAVIER AVIEL VALENZUELA’S REPLY TO PLAINTIFF’S
                             OPPOSITION TO DEFENDANT’S MOTION IN LIMINE NO. 1 TO PRECLUDE
                            MENTION OF SPECIFIC DOLLAR FIGURES TO JURY DURING VOIR DIRE AND
                              OPENING STATEMENT; MEMORANDUM OF POINTS AND AUTHORITIES