Annex Medical, Inc. et al v. Sebelius et al

Filing 16

ORDER setting procedures and filing deadlines re parties seeking to file an amicus brief on the issue of whether the court should enter a preliminary injunction.(Written Opinion). Signed by Senior Judge David S. Doty on 12/10/2012. (PJM)

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
DISTRICT OF MINNESOTA
Civil No. 12-2804(DSD/SER)
Annex Medical, Inc., Stuart
Lind, and Tom Janas,
Plaintiffs,
ORDER

v.
Kathleen Sebelius, in her
official capacity as Secretary
of the United States Department
of Health and Human Services;
Hilda Solis, in her official
capacity as Secretary of the
United States Department of
Labor; Timothy Geithner, in his
official capacity as Secretary
of the United States Department
of the Treasury; United States
Department of Health and Human
Services; United States Department
of Labor; and United States
Department of the Treasury,
Defendants.

Interested parties seeking to file an amicus brief on the
issue of whether the court should enter a preliminary injunction in
this

matter

shall

follow

the

procedures

ordered

herein.

Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that:
1.

Interested parties must file a motion with the court

requesting permission to file an amicus brief. The motion shall be
accompanied by a memorandum addressing the interested party’s
expertise, special interest in the matter and ability to assist the
court.

The memorandum shall not exceed 1000 words.

2.

The motion and memorandum shall be accompanied by the

proposed amicus brief.

The amicus brief shall not exceed 6000

words.
3.

Any

motion

and

accompanying

materials

requesting

permission to file an amicus brief shall be filed by December 14,
2012.
4.
brief

Any parties’ opposition to a motion to file an amicus

shall

be

filed

by

December

21,

2012.

Any

opposition

memorandum shall not exceed 3000 words.
5.

Interested parties are prohibited from filing a reply

memorandum.

If an interested party’s motion to file an amicus

brief is granted, only the amicus brief accompanying the motion
will be accepted.
6.

In order to file a motion for permission to file an

amicus brief, counsel must be admitted to practice in the District
of Minnesota.
7.

All

other

filing

deadlines

set

out

in

the

court’s

November 12, 2012, order [ECF No. 6] are unaffected by this order.
Dated:

December 10, 2012
s/David S. Doty
David S. Doty, Judge
United States District Court

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