Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority v. Anderson et al

Filing 55

MOTION for Leave to File Brief Exceeding Page Limit by Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority.(Mahony, Ieuan-Gael)

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT DISTRICT OF MASSACHUSETTS MASSACHUSETTS BAY TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY Plaintiff v. Civil Action No. 08-11364-GAO ZACK ANDERSON, RJ RYAN, ALESSANDRO CHIESA, RONALD L. RIVEST, and the MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY Defendants MOTION FOR LEAVE TO FILE BRIEF EXCEEDING PAGE LIMIT

Pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 7.1, Plaintiff, Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (the "MBTA"), moves for leave to file its Memorandum in Support of its Motion for Entry of Preliminary Injunction in excess of the page limitation as set out in Fed. R. Civ. P. 7.1. Rule 7.1 allows a party to file a twenty (20) page brief, and the MBTA wishes to file a thirty (30) page brief. As grounds for this motion, Plaintiff states as follows: 1. Given the nature and complexity of the underlying action and the substantial

introduction of new information into the record before this Court that the MBTA has recently obtained, the additional page limit is required. 2. Counsel for MIT consents to this Motion, and Counsel for the MIT Students did

not respond to the MBTA's inquiry regarding its position on this Motion.

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MASSACHUSETTS BAY TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY By its attorneys, _/s/ Ieuan G. Mahony_______________________ Ieuan G. Mahony (BBO #552349) Maximillian J. Bodoin (BBO # 667240) HOLLAND & KNIGHT LLP 10 St. James Avenue Boston, MA 02116 [phone] /s/ Thomas F.S. Darling III__________________ Thomas F.S. Darling III (BBO #558848) MASSACHUSETTS BAY TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY State Transportation Building, 7th Floor 10 Park Plaza Boston, MA 02116 [phone] Dated: August 18, 2008 Boston, Massachusetts

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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I, Maximillian J. Bodoin, Attorney for the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority in connection with the above-captioned proceeding, hereby certify that on this 18th day of August, 2008, I served the foregoing by e-mail upon the following interested parties: Party Counsel

Zack Anderson, RJ Ryan, Emily Berger, Esquire and Alessandro Chiesa Email: [e-mail] (the "MIT Undergrads") Jennifer Granick, Esquire Email: [e-mail] John Reinstein, Esquire Email: [e-mail] Thomas A. Brown Email: [e-mail] Cindy Cohn [e-mail] Lawrence K. Kolodney [e-mail] Marcia Hoffman [e-mail] Adam J. Kessel [e-mail] Massachusetts Institute of Technology ("MIT") Jeffrey Swope, Esquire Email: [e-mail]

/s/ Maximillian J. Bodoin____________________
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