NIBBS v. Goulart

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• finding that the plaintiff's \arrest history holds no value as impeachment material\
• finding that plaintiff’s “arrest history holds no value as impeachment material”
• rejecting defendants’ argument plaintiff “had a financial incentive to bring this lawsuit, namely to satisfy his child support obligation, and that this incentive amounts to bias,” holding such evidence “risks significant prejudice,” and should be precluded
• precluding “documents created by the prosecutors in the course of the state prosecution” related to plaintiff’s Section 1983 claims “[b]ecause the introduction of these documents raises a risk of prejudice and confusion that outweighs any probative value”
• prohibiting plaintiff from introducing at trial non-party police officers’ memo books to demonstrate that the receipt of overtime is a motive to make arrests without probable cause and a basis to conclude that the police officers acted with malice
• “[T]he use of aliases and false information is indicative of a witness’ character for truthfulness, and evidence of such use is properly admitted under [Rule] 608(b)”

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