McCarty v. Roos et al

Filing 148

ORDER Granting 146 Motion to Strike 142 Response to Motion. Signed by Magistrate Judge Nancy J. Koppe on 4/23/13. (Copies have been distributed pursuant to the NEF - MMM)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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DISTRICT OF NEVADA

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ROBERT JOSEPH MCCARTY,

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Plaintiff(s),
vs.
JOHN V. ROOS, et al.,
Defendant(s).

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Case No. 2:11-cv-01538-JCM-NJK
ORDER GRANTING MOTION TO
STRIKE (Docket No. 146)

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Pending before the Court is Defendants’ motion to strike Plaintiff’s response to the motion to
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dismiss. See Docket No. 146; see also Docket No. 142 (response to motion to dismiss). For the
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reasons discussed below, that motion is hereby GRANTED. The Local Rules make clear that briefs
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shall be limited to 30 pages of double-spaced text. Local Rules 7-4 (unless otherwise ordered by the
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Court, responsive briefs shall be limited to 30 pages); 10-1 (with a few exceptions, “lines of
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typewritten text shall be double-spaced”). Plaintiff’s response is more than 53 pages of single18
spaced text in violation of the above rules. Accordingly, the court hereby STRIKES Plaintiff’s
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response at Docket No. 142.
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Plaintiff shall have until May 6, 2013, to submit a response to the motion to dismiss that
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complies with the Local Rules, and shall be limited to no more than 30 pages of double-spaced text.
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Defendants have already filed a reply brief, see Docket No. 147, but may file an amended reply to
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the motion to dismiss no later than May 13, 2013.
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IT IS SO ORDERED.
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DATED: April 23, 2013
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NANCY J. KOPPE
United States Magistrate Judge