Natural Immunogenics Corp. v. Newport Trial Group et al

Filing 21

ORDER Striking "Exhibit 2" [# 20-4] re: 20 Notice of Filing of Declaration of Carlos F. Negrete from the record; Negrete has leave to amend and refile Exhibit 2 with conditions explained in this Order. The Court ORDERS that all future filings in this case can only be 15 pages including exhibits (see order for details). Signed by Magistrate Judge Dennis Howell on 01/25/2018. (Pro se litigant served by US Mail.) (ni)

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF NORTH CAROLINA
ASHEVILLE DIVISION
1:18 mc 3
NATURAL IMMUNOGENICS CORP., )
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Plaintiff,
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v.
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NEWPORT TRIAL GROUP, et al.,
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Defendants.
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This matter is before the Court sua sponte.

ORDER

For the following reasons, the

Court will strike Exhibit 2 of [# 20-4] with leave to amend, and the Court will limit
any future filings in this case
On January 10, 2018, Defendant Newport Trial Group (NTG) filed its
Motions to Compel and Change Venue [# 1, # 2]. On that same day, NTG filed its
Declaration in support [# 3] that included 575 pages of exhibits. On January 23,
2018, Plaintiff filed its Motion to Dismiss NTG’s Motion to Compel [# 16]. On that
same day, Plaintiff field a Memorandum in support [# 17] that included 48 pages of
exhibits. On January 24, 2018, Carlos F. Negrete filed a Declaration [# 20] that
included 375 pages of exhibits.
First, in Carlos Negrete’s Declaration [# 20], Negrete includes in his “Exhibit
2” 145 pages of emails [# 20-4]. Clearly, Negrete has copied and pasted the emails

without any editing. The exhibit has emails repeated multiple times and they are not
in a discernible order. The exhibit is unwieldy and the Court will not sift through it.
Accordingly, the Court STRIKES “Exhibit 2” [# 20-4]. Negrete has leave to
amend and refile Exhibit 2 with the following conditions: 1) there can only be one
(1) copy of each email; and 2) the emails must be in chronological order. Mr.
Negrete will have until February 1, 2018 to filed his corrected exhibit.
Second, the Court reminds all parties of the virtue of judicial efficiency in
regard to their filings. The Court will not strike any other filings or exhibits thus far.
The Court will, however, limit any future filings.
The Court ORDERS that all future filings in this case can only be fifteen (15)
pages including exhibits. If a party requires additional pages—for discussion or
exhibits—it may file a motion for an extension that must include a compelling reason
for the extension. It is further ordered that document (20-4) be struck from the
record.
Signed: January 25, 2018