Al-Anazi v. Bill Thompson Transport, Incorporated et al

Filing 58

ORDER GRANTING DEFENDANTS REQUEST TO FILE AN OVERSIZED EXHIBIT IN THE TRADITIONAL MANNER. Signed by District Judge Judith E. Levy. (TBan)

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
EASTERN DISTRICT OF MICHIGAN
SOUTHERN DIVISION
Abdallah Al-Anazi,
Plaintiff,
v.

Case No. 15-cv-12928
Judith E. Levy
United States District Judge

Frederick-Thompson Company
d/b/a FTI, and Bill Thompson
Transport Inc.,

Mag. Judge R. Steven Whalen

Defendants.
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ORDER GRANTING DEFENDANTS’ REQUEST TO FILE AN
OVERSIZED EXHIBIT IN THE TRADITIONAL MANNER
This Court considers and grants Defendants’ Ex-Parte Request to
File an Oversized Exhibit in the traditional manner. Pursuant to LR
5.1(a) and (d) and 5.1.1(a), and R18 of this Court’s Electronic Filing
Policies and Procedures, all exhibits must be filed electronically in 8 ½ x
11 inch PDF format, except on good cause shown by a party to be excused
from the electronic filing requirements.
following for the Court’s consideration:

Defendants have offered the

1. Defendants are preparing to file a Brief in Response to Plaintiff’s
Motion for Class Certification.
2. One of the exhibits accompanying Defendants’ Brief is an Excel
spreadsheet with dimensions exceeding 8 ½ x 11 inches.
3. Defendants have attempted to reformat the document in various
ways, e.g., enlarging the font size and shrinking the document to fit
within an 8 ½ x 11 inch page, but all attempts have rendered the
spreadsheet illegible and/or resulted in each row extending
horizontally for multiple pages.
4. Defendant’s counsel has represented the Excel spreadsheet is
necessary to establish a relevant threshold for the determination of
whether the class certification standards have been met.
5. Defendant’s counsel has further represented that the underlying
records supporting the Excel spreadsheet have been provided or
made available to Plaintiff at least six months ago.
6. Defendant’s counsel has represented that a good faith effort to seek
the stipulation of counsel was attempted by serving Plaintiff’s
counsel with a copy of the proposed exhibit and the request to file

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it in the convention manner on Thursday, March 23 at 9:40am but
concurrence has neither been agreed to nor denied.
Having

considered

Defendants’

reasons

and

finding

that

Defendants’ have shown good cause to be excused from the electronic
filing requirements of this Court:
IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED that Defendants’ motion to file an
oversized exhibit in the traditional manner is granted.
IT IS SO ORDERED.
Dated: March 24, 2017
Ann Arbor, Michigan

s/Judith E. Levy
JUDITH E. LEVY
United States District Judge

CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
The undersigned certifies that the foregoing document was served
upon counsel of record and any unrepresented parties via the Court’s
ECF System to their respective email or First Class U.S. mail addresses
disclosed on the Notice of Electronic Filing on March 24, 2017.
s/Felicia M. Moses
FELICIA M. MOSES
Case Manager

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