Vista Ridge Development, LLC v. Assurance Company of America

Filing 32

ORDER re: 30 Response to Motion, filed by Vista Ridge Development, LLC. Plaintiff's Cross-Motion for Summary Judgment, filed as part of Doc. No. 30, is stricken. The Court will proceed to consider that portion of Doc. No. 30 which constitutes a response to Defendant's Motion for Summary Judgment, by Judge Zita L. Weinshienk on 3/5/09. (ebs, )

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLORADO Senior Judge Zita L. Weinshienk Civil Action No. 08-cv-01205-ZLW-KLM VISTA RIDGE DEVELOPMENT, LLC, Plaintiff, v. ASSURANCE COMPANY OF AMERICA, Defendant.

ORDER The matter before the Court is Plaintiff's Cross-Motion For Summary Judgment, which was filed on March 3, 2009, within the same document as Plaintiff's Opposition To Defendant's Motion For Summary Judgment (Doc. No. 30). Under this Court's Local Rules, a motion cannot be included in a response or reply to the original motion; it must be made in a separate paper.1 Furthermore, the deadline for filing dispositive motions in this case was March 1, 2009.2 Accordingly, it is ORDERED that Plaintiff's Cross-Motion For Summary Judgment, filed as part of Doc. No. 30 in this case, is stricken sua sponte. The Court will proceed to consider that

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See D.C. COLO.LCivR 7.1C.

See August 5, 2008, Scheduling Order at 10 (Doc. No. 13). Additionally, Plaintiff's brief exceeds the 25-page limit for response briefs set forth in the Court's Standards For Civil Motions.

portion of Doc. No. 30 which constitutes a response to Defendant's Motion For Summary Judgment. DATED at Denver, Colorado this 5th day of March, 2009. BY THE COURT:

______________________________ ZITA L. WEINSHIENK, Senior Judge United States District Court

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