Lopez v. Cook, et al

Filing 296

ORDER signed by District Judge Kimberly J. Mueller on 4/8/11 ORDERING parties are INSTRUCTED that the court will enforce page limits with respect to any motion filed in this case. (Carlos, K)

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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 ANDREW R. LOPEZ, Plaintiff, 11 12 vs. 13 No. CIV-S-03-1605 KJM-DAD P S. COOK, et al., Defendants. 14 ORDER / 15 16 At the conclusion of the jury trial in this case on April 8, 2011, plaintiff provided 17 notice that he will file a motion for judgment notwithstanding the verdict as provided by Federal 18 Rule of Civil Procedure 50. The court anticipates defendants will file an opposition. Accordingly, the court issues this order to bring its standing order regarding the 19 20 length of briefs to the parties’ attention. The standing order, provided to parties in all of this 21 court’s civil cases, typically at the beginning of a case,1 places a page limit of twenty (20) pages 22 on initial moving papers and oppositions, and a limit of ten (10) pages on any reply. The parties 23 ///// 24 ///// 25 1 26 Because this case was only recently reassigned to this court, the standing order has not previously been issued. 1 1 are hereby INSTRUCTED that the court will enforce these page limits with respect to any 2 motions filed in this case. 3 4 IT IS SO ORDERED. DATED: April 8, 2011. 5 6 7 UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 2

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