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Case 1:20-cr-00330-PAE Document516 Filed 11/21/21 Page1of17
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK USDC SDNY
DOCUMENT
ELECTRONICALLY FILED
DOC #:
DATE FILED: 11/21/21
United States of America,
-V- 20-CR-330 (AJN)
Ghislaine Maxwell, OPINION & ORDER
Defendant.
ALISON J. NATHAN, District Judge:
The Defense on November 1, 2021, noticed eight expert witnesses. Def. Br., Ex. 1
(“Notice”). Two of those experts, Dr. Park Dietz and Dr. Elizabeth Loftus, are expected to offer
opinions that rebut opinions of the Government’s expert witness, Dr. Lisa Rocchio. The Court
on November 11, 2021, issued an Opinion and Order that denied in part and granted in part the
Defense’s motion to preclude Dr. Rocchio’s testimony. Dkt. No. 435.
The Government on November 8, 2021, filed a motion to partially preclude the testimony
of Dr. Dietz and Dr. Loftus. Gov’t Br., Dkt. No. 424. The Defense filed a response on
November 12, 2021.
1. Legal standard
Federal Rule of Evidence 702 governs the admissibility of expert testimony. That rule
states:
A witness who is qualified as an expert by knowledge, skill, experience, training, or
education may testify in the form of an opinion or otherwise if:
(a) the expert’s scientific, technical, or other specialized knowledge will help the trier
of fact to understand the evidence or to determine a fact in issue;
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