Neither religious belief nor the absence of religious belief is admissible to show that a witness is truthful or that a witness is untruthful.

28 U.S.C. § 1744 (Copies of records filed in the Patent Office.).Federal Rule of Evidence of 902(10) and comparable State rules provide that any signature, document, or other matter is self-authenticating -- i.e., requires no further evidence of authenticity to be admissible in evidence -- if an applicable statute provides that the signature, document, or other matter is presumptively authentic or if an applicable statute provides that the signature, document, or other matter is prima facie evidence of its own authenticity.

United States v. Gettel, 474 F.3d 1081, 1088 (8th Cir. 2007) ("whether the probative value of the evidence outweighed any prejudicial effect is left to the trial court's discretion, and we will normally defer to its judgment. United States v. Franklin, 250 F.3d 653, 659 (8th Cir.2001), cert. denied, 534...Determinations of the relevance of evidence and of claims that evidence is unduly prejudicial are mainly for the trial court and are reviewable only for abuse of discretion.

Tanberg v. Sholtis, 401 F.3d 1151, pin? (10th Cir. 2005) (civil action against city police officer, asserting state and federal claims of false arrest, federal claim of excessive force, and state law claims of assault and battery; plaintiffs asserted that the trial court...To be admissible, prior events or accidents must be substantially similar to those at issue in trial.