United States of America v. $209,815 in United States Currency

Filing 138

ORDER To Revise Filing, re 137 Reply to Claimant's Surreply, filed by United States of America. Signed by Judge Samuel Conti on August 19, 2015. (sclc2, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 8/19/2015)

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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For the Northern District of California

United States District Court

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) Case No. 3:14-cv-00780
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) ORDER TO REVISE FILING
Plaintiff,
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v.
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$209,815 IN UNITED STATES
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CURRENCY,
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Defendant.
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JULIO FIGUEROA,
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Claimant.
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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

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The Court requested or otherwise permitted further responsive

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pleadings in the above captioned case.

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dated July 28, 2015, ECF No. 132 ("Surreply Order").

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in now receipt thereof.

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("Surreply Opp'n").

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See Order of the Court
The Court is

See ECF Nos. 133 ("Surreply"), 137

In the Surreply Order, the Court acknowledged that the United

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States expressly objected to the length of Claimant's originally

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proposed Surreply and accordingly limited Claimant's Surreply to

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five (5) pages, per Civil Local Rule 7-3(d)(1).

See Surreply Order

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at 2-3.

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(spanning 5 pages of text).

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displeased to see the United States file an opposition to the

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Surreply that exceeded five pages.

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(spanning 8 pages of text).

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order was sufficiently clear.

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Claimant substantially complied.

See generally Surreply

The Court was therefore highly

See generally Surreply Opp'n

The Court was confident its earlier
Apparently not.

The Court will not limit one side without similarly limiting

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the other absent proper legal justification.

Finding no such

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justification here, the Court hereby ORDERS the United States to

United States District Court

For the Northern District of California

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revise its Surreply Opp'n to not more than five (5) pages of text

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within three (3) days of the date of this order.

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revised edition will result in the Court striking from the Surreply

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Opp'n any text following the end of the fifth page.

Failure to file a

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IT IS SO ORDERED.

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Dated: August 19, 2015
United States District Judge

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