Jimena v. UBS AG Bank, Inc., No. 1:07-cv-00367 OWW SKO, 2011 WL 2551413 (E.D. Cal. June 27, 2011)

Key Insight: Court found plaintiff failed to properly authenticate emails allegedly sent to him by Clive Standish pursuant to either Evidence Rule 901(b)(1), permitting authentication through the testimony of a witness with personal knowledge, or Rule 901(b)(4) which allows authentication by appearance, contents, substance, internal patterns, or other distinctive characteristics taken in conjunction with circumstances and, absent admissible evidence to create a triable issue of material fact, granted defendant?s motion for summary judgment

Nature of Case: Fraud

Electronic Data Involved: Emails