Scott Evers v. Tennessee Department of Children’s Services, et al.

Summary

The United States District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee denied Scott Evers’s motion in limine seeking to exclude forensic interview evidence under the Sixth and Fourteenth Amendments and Crawford v. Washington. The court declined to consider the motion because Plaintiff had not paid the filing fee or submitted proper documentation to proceed in forma pauperis, and stated that further discovery motions would not be entertained until those requirements were satisfied or screening was completed.

Holdings

1. The court denied Plaintiff’s motion in limine because Plaintiff had not paid the required filing fee and had not submitted the proper documentation to proceed in forma pauperis.
2. The court would not entertain further discovery motions until Plaintiff paid the required filing fee or, if he sought in forma pauperis status, until the court completed the necessary screening.

Questions Presented

1. Whether the court should consider Plaintiff’s motion in limine when he had neither paid the filing fee nor properly sought in forma pauperis status.
2. Whether the court could defer consideration of further discovery motions until Plaintiff paid the filing fee or the court completed statutory screening.

Disposition

other