Johnson v. MGM Holdings Inc et al

Filing 26

ORDER denying Plaintiff's 25 Motion for Leave to File Excess Pages, by Judge Ricardo S Martinez.(SWT)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE
WESTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON
AT SEATTLE

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9 MARY L. JOHNSON, individually and
on behalf of all others similarly situated,
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Plaintiff,
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v.

CASE NO. C17-541 RSM
ORDER DENYING MOTION FOR LEAVE
TO FILE OVER-LENGTH BRIEF

12 MGM HOLDINGS INC.; METROGOLDWYN-MAYER STUDIOS INC.;
13 TWENTIETH CENTURY FOX HOME
ENTERTAINMENT LLC; and
14 TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY FOX,
INC., DOES 1-10, inclusive,
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Defendants.
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This matter comes before the Court on Plaintiff Mary L. Johnson’s Motion for Approval to

18 File an Over-length Brief. Dkt. #25. Ms. Johnson’s response to Defendants’ Motion to Dismiss is
19 due on May 15, 2017. Pursuant to local rule, her response cannot exceed twenty-four pages. LCR
20 7(e)(3). Ms. Johnson now requests a four page extension, allowing her brief to be twenty-eight
21 pages in length. In support of this request, Ms. Johnson argues only that “[t]his is a putative class
22 action with potentially national implication in which the Defendants have raised complex threshold
23 issues of state and federal law concerning Plaintiff’s right to maintain this action.” Dkt. #25 at 2.
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ORDER DENYING MOTION FOR LEAVE TO FILE OVERLENGTH BRIEF - 1

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Motions seeking approval to file an over-length motion or brief are disfavored. LCR 7(f).

2 The Court finds that Ms. Johnson has failed to set forth sufficient grounds for her requested
3 extension. There is nothing particularly unique about a motion to dismiss a putative class action
4 that raises issues of state and federal law, and Ms. Johnson fails to provide the Court with further
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Having reviewed the relevant briefing and the remainder of the record, the Court hereby

7 finds and ORDERS that Plaintiff Mary L. Johnson’s Motion for Approval to File an Over-length
8 Brief (Dkt. #25) is DENIED.
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Dated this 12th day of May 2017.

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RICARDO S. MARTINEZ
CHIEF UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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