Cox et al v. Continental Casualty Company

Filing 108

ORDER ON MOTION TO STRIKE - striking 99 101 Motion for Summary Judgment; striking 105 Defendant's Motion to strike. The Court therefore STRIKES both motions and gives Plaintiffs leave to file a consolidated motion within the page limits within ten (10) days of this Order, by Judge Marsha J. Pechman.(MD)

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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT WESTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON AT SEATTLE 8 9 10 KATHRYN COX et al., 11 12 13 Plaintiffs, CASE NO. C13-2288 MJP ORDER ON MOTION TO STRIKE v. CONTINENTAL CASUALTY COMPANY, 14 Defendant. 15 16 THIS MATTER comes before the Court on Defendant Continental Casualty’s Motion to 17 Strike (Dkt. No. 105) one of two Motions for Summary Judgment (Dkt. Nos. 99, 101) filed by 18 Plaintiffs. Because this matter affects the dispositive motions deadline in this case, the Court 19 exercises its discretion to consider the matter in advance of the noting date. 20 The Court agrees with Defendant that Plaintiffs’ filing violates Local Civil Rule 7(e)(3)’s 21 prohibition on contemporaneous dispositive motions and notes that the motions together total 22 more than forty pages. The Court therefore STRIKES both motions and gives Plaintiffs leave to 23 24 ORDER ON MOTION TO STRIKE- 1 1 file a consolidated motion within the page limits within ten (10) days of this Order. The 2 dispositive motions deadline is extended for the sole purpose of filing the substitute motion. 3 4 The clerk is ordered to provide copies of this order to all counsel. 5 Dated this 15th day of September, 2014. 6 8 A 9 Marsha J. Pechman Chief United States District Judge 7 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 ORDER ON MOTION TO STRIKE- 2

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