Patrick Clark v. Steven Martinez

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• recognizing that a party generally waives an affirmative defense by not raising it in a responsive pleading
• “Questions of the relevance and admissibility of evidence are questions of federal law.”
• “A party generally waives an affirmative defense if it fails to assert the defense in its responsive pleadings. Further, a party may be banned from advancing theories that are not identified in the pretrial order.”
• Rule 403 applies to evidence otherwise admissible pursuant to Rule 404(b)

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