Woodward v. American Family Mutual Insurance Company

Filing 22

ORDER denying 21 Motion for Leave to File Excess Pages by Judge Benjamin H Settle.(TG)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
WESTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON
AT TACOMA

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8 LAURA WOODWARD,
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Plaintiff,

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v.

11 AMERICAN FAMILY MUTUAL
INSURANCE COMPANY,
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Defendant.
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CASE NO. C13-6005 BHS
ORDER DENYING MOTION
FOR LEAVE TO FILE EXCESS
PAGES

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This matter comes before the Court on Plaintiff Laura Woodward’s (“Woodward”)
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motion for leave to file excess pages (Dkt. 21).
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On March 13, 2014, Woodward filed the instant motion requesting leave to file a
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twenty-six-page motion to compel. Dkt. 21. The motion is DENIED. Discovery
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motions are generally disfavored because the Court expects the attorneys to resolve the
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great majority of discovery issues and only seek Court intervention for the disputes where
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there is no possibility of resolution without such intervention. Moreover, this case is in
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its infancy and an early, overlength motion to compel is most likely unnecessary and
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1 experience shows that seeking court intervention this early most likely leads to seeking
2 court intervention for the majority of discovery requests. Woodward shall submit what
3 she considers to be the most important alleged discovery abuses that will fit within the
4 applicable page, font, and formatting limits.
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IT IS SO ORDERED.

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Dated this 13th day of March, 2014.

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BENJAMIN H. SETTLE
United States District Judge

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