Sun Coast Contracting Services, LLC et al v. DQSI, LLC et al

Filing 117

ORDER granting 113 Motion to Strike. The 110 Memorandum in Opposition to Motion to Dismiss is STRICKEN from the record. The 114 Ex Parte MOTION for Leave to File Memorandum In Excess of Page Limitation is GRANTED. Signed by Chief Judge Brian A. Jackson on 6/18/2015. (LLH)

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
MIDDLE DISTRICT OF LOUISIANA
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
EX REL. SUN COAST CONTRACTING
SERVICES, LLC, ET AL.
VERSUS
DQSI, LLC, ET AL.

CIVIL ACTION
NO.: 13-00297-BAJ-RLB
LEAD CASE
C/W 13-cv-00568-BAJ-RLB
13-cv-00652-BAJ-RLB

ORDER
Before the Court is the Motion to Strike (Doc. 113) filed by Defendant
Western Surety Company (“Western Surety”), seeking to strike the Memorandum
in Opposition to Motion to Dismiss by Western Surety (Doc. 110) filed by
Plaintiff Sun Coast Contracting Services, LLC (“SCCS”) or, alternatively, require
SCCS’s submission of an opposition in compliance with the Local Rules. Western
Surety correctly notes that this Court’s Local Rules limit the page length of
opposition memoranda to ten pages, unless leave of Court to exceed such limit is
granted. See LR 7(g). SCCS filed its twenty-page opposition memorandum without
first seeking leave of Court, in derogation of the Local Rules. (See Doc. 110 at pp. 1–
20). Subsequent to Western Surety’s filing of its motion to strike, SCCS filed an Ex
Parte/Consent Motion for Leave to File Memorandum in Excess of Ten (10)
Pages (Doc. 114), in which SCCS seeks leave of Court to exceed the page limit for
its opposition memorandum.

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It is the responsibility of each attorney practicing before this Court to
familiarize himself or herself with the Local Rules and adhere to them fully.
Although counsel for SCCS did not obtain leave of Court before filing its first
opposition, the Court finds good cause to grant SCCS leave to exceed the page limit
for this memorandum due to the factual complexity of this case.
Accordingly,
IT IS ORDERED that the Motion to Strike (Doc. 113) filed by Defendant
Western Surety Company is GRANTED.
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the Memorandum in Opposition to
Motion to Dismiss by Western Surety (Doc. 110) filed by Plaintiff Sun Coast
Contracting Services, LLC is STRICKEN from the record.
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the Ex Parte/Consent Motion for
Leave to File Memorandum in Excess of Ten (10) Pages (Doc. 114) filed by
Plaintiff Sun Coast Contracting Services, LLC is GRANTED.
Baton Rouge, Louisiana, this 18th day of June, 2015.

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BRIAN A. JACKSON, CHIEF JUDGE
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
MIDDLE DISTRICT OF LOUISIANA

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