Sanders v. Bay Area Air Quality Management District

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
STEPHEN (REX) SANDERS, et al.,
Plaintiffs,
v.
BAY AREA AIR QUALITY
MANAGEMENT DISTRICT,
Defendant.
Case No. 23-cv-04416-RFL
SECOND PROPOSED FINAL JURY
INSTRUCTIONS AND RULINGS ON
DISPUTED JURY INSTRUCTIONS
Enclosed as Exhibits A and B are the Court’s second proposed final jury instructions and
rulings on the parties’ disputed jury instructions following the conference on February 18, 2026.
For the reasons provided in the attached rulings and articulated on the record on February 18,
Defendant’s proposed amendments to the jury instructions in Dkt. Nos. 297 and 299 are denied.
Plaintiffs have enumerated specific protected activities and adverse actions in their
proposed instructions and have proffered additional protected activities and adverse actions (see
Dkt. Nos. 293, 298). The Court reserves its ruling as to the final list of protected activities and
adverse actions for the final charging conference.
IT IS SO ORDERED.
Dated: February 19, 2026
RITA F. LIN
United States District Judge
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