Eggum v. Uttecht

Filing 138

ORDER denying Respondent's 131 Motion to Accept Surreply; denying as moot Petitioner's 132 Motion to Strike. Signed by Hon. Mary Alice Theiler.(MW)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
WESTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON
AT SEATTLE

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MARLOW TODD EGGUM,
Petitioner,

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Case No. C14-1328-RAJ-MAT
ORDER ON MOTION TO FILE
SURREPLY AND MOTION TO
STRIKE

v.
JERI BOE,
Respondent.

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Respondent moves the Court to accept a surreply to petitioner’s motion to expand the

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record (Dkt. 131), and petitioner moves to strike respondent’s motion (Dkt. 132). Surreplies are

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improper under Local Civil Rule 7(g) unless they are limited to addressing a request to strike

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material contained in or attached to a reply brief. Local Rules W.D. Wash. LCR 7(g); see Echlin

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v. Dynamic Collectors, Inc., 102 F. Supp. 3d 1179, 1181 n.1 (W.D. Wash. 2015) (granting motion

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to strike improperly filed surreply); Annelise Farnes v. Metro. Group Property & Casualty Ins.

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Co., No. 18-1883, 2019 WL 4044102, at *1 (W.D. Wash. July 31, 2019) (denying request to file

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surreply that did not comply with LCR 7(g)). Respondent’s surreply does not comport with LCR

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7(g), and therefore her motion to accept a surreply (Dkt. 131) is DENIED, and petitioner’s motion

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ORDER ON MOTION TO FILE
SURREPLY AND MOTION TO STRIKE 1

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to strike (Dkt. 132) is DENIED as moot. The Clerk is directed to send copies of this order to

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the parties and to the Honorable Richard A. Jones.

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Dated this 29th day of August, 2019.

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Mary Alice Theiler
United States Magistrate Judge

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ORDER ON MOTION TO FILE
SURREPLY AND MOTION TO STRIKE 2