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Case 1:15-cv-07433-LAP Document 526 Filed 01/05/17 Page 1 of 5 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK --------------------------------------------------X .. ............................................. VIRGINIA L. GIUFFRE, Plaintiff, v. 15-cv-07433-RWS GHISLAINE MAXWELL, Defendant. --------------------------------------------------X DEFENDANT’S MOTION IN LIMINE TO EXCLUDE EXPERT TESTIMONY AND OPINION OF DIANNE C. FLORES Laura A. Menninger Jeffrey S. Pagliuca HADDON, MORGAN, AND FOREMAN, P.C. 150 East 10th Avenue Denver, CO 80203 303.831.7364  Case 1:15-cv-07433-LAP Document 526 Filed 01/05/17 Page 2 of 5 TABLE OF CONTENTS INTRODUCTION .......................................................................................................................... 1 ARGUMENT .................................................................................................................................. 3 I. THE “DISPUTED DOCUMENTS” ARE UNAUTHENTICATED, LACK ANY EVIDENTIARY FOUNDATION, HEARSAY, AND NOT RELEVANT. ........................... 3 II. THE TESTIMONY IS INADMISSIBLE UNDER RULE 702 OF THE FEDERAL RULES OF EVIDENCE ....................................................................................................................... 4 A. Handwriting Analysis Lacks Any Scientific Basis, Precluding Admission Of “Expert” Testimony ............................................................................................................................ 6 B. Lack of Testing and Lack of Error Rates ............................................................................. 8 C. A Lack of Standards Creates Conclusions That Are Always Subjective .......................... 10 D. Handwriting Analysis Lacks Peer Review and Lacks Acceptance by Neutral, Financially Disinterested Community .................................................................................................. 11 E. One-on-One Handwriting Comparisons Are Unduly Suggestive ...................................... 12 CONCLUSION ............................................................................................................................. 13 CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE ..................................................................................................... 15 i  Case 1:15-cv-07433-LAP Document 526 Filed 01/05/17 Page 3 of 5 PAGES 1-13 REDACTED  Case 1:15-cv-07433-LAP Document 526 Filed 01/05/17 Page 4 of 5 Dated: January 5, 2017 Respectfully submitted, /s/ Jeffrey S. Pagliuca Laura A. Menninger (LM-1374) Jeffrey S. Pagliuca (pro hac vice) HADDON, MORGAN AND FOREMAN, P.C. 150 East 10th Avenue Denver, CO 80203 Phone: 303.831.7364 Fax: 303.832.2628 [email protected] Attorneys for Ghislaine Maxwell 14  Case 1:15-cv-07433-LAP Document 526 Filed 01/05/17 Page 5 of 5 CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I certify that on January 5, 2017, I electronically served this Defendant’s Motion in Limine to Exclude Expert Testimony and Opinion of Dianne C. Flores via ECF on the following: Sigrid S. McCawley Paul G. Cassell Meredith Schultz 383 S. University Street BOIES, SCHILLER & FLEXNER, LLP Salt Lake City, UT 84112 401 East Las Olas Boulevard, Ste. 1200 [email protected] Ft. Lauderdale, FL 33301 [email protected] [email protected] J. Stanley Pottinger Bradley J. Edwards 49 Twin Lakes Rd. FARMER, JAFFE, WEISSING, EDWARDS, South Salem, NY 10590 FISTOS & LEHRMAN, P.L. [email protected] 425 North Andrews Ave., Ste. 2 Ft. Lauderdale, FL 33301 [email protected] /s/ Nicole Simmons Nicole Simmons 15