Opinion
Case No. 2:11-cv-01538-JCM-NJK
04-23-2013
ROBERT JOSEPH MCCARTY, Plaintiff(s), v. JOHN V. ROOS, et al., Defendant(s).
ORDER GRANTING MOTION TO
STRIKE (Docket No. 146)
Pending before the Court is Defendants' motion to strike Plaintiff's response to the motion to dismiss. See Docket No. 146; see also Docket No. 142 (response to motion to dismiss). For the reasons discussed below, that motion is hereby GRANTED. The Local Rules make clear that briefs shall be limited to 30 pages of double-spaced text. Local Rules 7-4 (unless otherwise ordered by the Court, responsive briefs shall be limited to 30 pages); 10-1 (with a few exceptions, "lines of typewritten text shall be double-spaced"). Plaintiff's response is more than 53 pages of single-spaced text in violation of the above rules. Accordingly, the court hereby STRIKES Plaintiff's response at Docket No. 142.
Plaintiff shall have until May 6, 2013, to submit a response to the motion to dismiss that complies with the Local Rules, and shall be limited to no more than 30 pages of double-spaced text. Defendants have already filed a reply brief, see Docket No. 147, but may file an amended reply to the motion to dismiss no later than May 13, 2013.
IT IS SO ORDERED.
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NANCY J. KOPPE
United States Magistrate Judge