North Port Firefighters' Pension-Local Option Plan v. Fushi Copperweld, Inc. et al

Filing 37

ORDER granting 31 Motion for Leave to File a Reply Brief. Signed by Magistrate Judge John S. Bryant on 8/17/11. (dt)

ORDER:
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Motion for leave to file reply
brief is GRANTED.
s/ John S. Bryant
U.S. Magistrate Judge

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
MIDDLE DISTRICT OF TENNESSEE
NASHVILLE DIVISION
NORTH PORT FIREFIGHTERS’ PENSION- )
LOCAL OPTION PLAN, Individually and on )
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Behalf of All Others Similarly Situated,
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Plaintiff,
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vs.
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FUSHI COPPERWELD, INC., et al.,
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Defendants.
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Civil Action No. 3:11-cv-00595
Hon. William J. Haynes, Jr.
CLASS ACTION

NOTICE OF MOTION FOR LEAVE TO FILE REPLY

Pursuant to Local Rule 7.01(b), Lead Plaintiff movant City of Lakeland Employees Pension
Plan (“Lakeland Employees”) respectfully moves this Court for leave to file a short reply to the
Fushi Copperweld Investor Group’s Memorandum of Law (1) in Opposition to the Motion of
Lakeland Employees for Appointment as Lead Plaintiff and Approval of Lead Counsel; and (2) in
Further Support of the Fushi Copperweld Investor Group’s Motion for Appointment as Lead
Plaintiff and Approval of Its Selection of Lead Counsel (hereinafter “Opposition Brief”), filed on
July 22, 2011 (Docket Entry No. 22).
Lakeland Employees believes its reply, which is only ten pages in length and is attached
hereto as Exhibit A, is necessary to respond to arguments that were raised for the first time in the
Opposition Brief and which could not have been anticipated prior to its filing.
DATED: August 3, 2011

BARRETT JOHNSTON, LLC
GEORGE E. BARRETT, #2672
DOUGLAS S. JOHNSTON, JR., #5782
DAVID W. GARRISON, #24968

/s/ George E. Barrett
GEORGE E. BARRETT
217 Second Avenue, North
Nashville, TN 37201-1601
Telephone: [phone]
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