Northwest Environmental Advocates v. U.S. Department of Commerce et al

Filing 38

MINUTE ORDER denying Plaintiff's 37 Motion for Leave to File Sur-reply. Authorized by U.S. District Judge John C Coughenour. (TH)

THE HONORABLE JOHN C. COUGHENOUR

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
WESTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON
AT SEATTLE

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NORTHWEST ENVIRONMENTAL
ADVOCATES,

CASE NO. C16-1866-JCC
MINUTE ORDER

Plaintiff,
v.

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U.S. DEPARTMENT OF
COMMERCE, et al.,
Defendants.

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The following Minute Order is made by direction of the Court, the Honorable John C.
Coughenour, United States District Judge:
This matter comes before the Court on Plaintiff’s motion for leave to file a surreply brief

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(Dkt. No. 37). Plaintiffs’ believe their surreply is necessary to respond to new arguments in

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Defendants’ reply brief in support of their motion to dismiss (Dkt. No. 35). Pursuant to Local

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Civil Rule 7(g), a surreply must be “strictly limited to addressing the request to strike.

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Extraneous argument or a surreply filed for any other reason will not be considered.” The

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plaintiff failed to move to strike such argument within the time permitted by Local Civil Rule

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7(g). Plaintiff now seeks leave to file a surreply with extraneous argument. This Court finds that

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good cause does not exist to grant this motion.

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Plaintiff’s motion is DENIED.

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DATED this 12th day of September 2017.

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William M. McCool
Clerk of Court

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s/Tomas Hernandez
Deputy Clerk

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