First Amendment Coalition v. U.S. Department of Justice

Filing 36

ORDER STRIKING PLAINTIFFS 33 SEPARATE EVIDENTIARY OBJECTIONS AND GRANTING PLAINTIFF LEAVE TO FILE AN AMENDED OPPOSITION AND CROSS-MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT. Signed by Judge Claudia Wilken on 10/9/2012. (ndr, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 10/9/2012)

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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FIRST AMENDMENT COALITION,

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Plaintiff,

ORDER STRIKING
PLAINTIFF’S
SEPARATE
EVIDENTIARY
OBJECTIONS (Docket
No. 33) AND
GRANTING PLAINTIFF
LEAVE TO FILE AN
AMENDED OPPOSITION
AND CROSS-MOTION
FOR SUMMARY
JUDGMENT

v.
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE,

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No. C 12-1013 CW

Defendant.
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United States District Court
For the Northern District of California

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On October 5, 2012, Plaintiff First Amendment Coalition filed
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its twenty-five page cross-motion for summary judgment and
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opposition to Defendant United States Department of Justice’s
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motion for summary judgment.

Docket No. 31.

Plaintiff

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concurrently filed a separate document setting forth objections to
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the evidence offered by Defendant in support of its summary
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judgment.

See Docket No. 33.

This document contains twenty-three

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pages of text.
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Civil Local Rule 7-3(a) provides that, when a party files an
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opposition to a motion, “[a]ny evidentiary and procedural
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objections to the motion must be contained within the brief or
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memorandum,” which may not exceed twenty-five pages of text.

See

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also Docket No. 29 (Plaintiff’s opposition and cross-motion to be
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contained in a single brief of twenty-five pages or less).

In

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violation of Rule 7-3, Plaintiff has filed its evidentiary
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objections separately from its brief.

Further, between the two

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documents, Plaintiff has filed forty-eight pages of text.
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Accordingly, the Court STRIKES Plaintiff’s evidentiary

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objections (Docket No. 33).

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and refile its opposition and cross-motion incorporating any

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evidentiary objections, within two Court days of the date of this

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Order.

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exceed twenty-five pages.

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Plaintiff is granted leave to amend

Plaintiff’s amended opposition and cross-motion shall not

IT IS SO ORDERED.

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United States District Court
For the Northern District of California

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Dated:

10/9/2012

CLAUDIA WILKEN
United States District Judge

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