Opinion
Civil Action No. 04-cv-1873-REB-OES.
October 19, 2005
ORDER DENYING DEFENDANTS' MOTION FOR RECONSIDERATION
The matter before me is Defendant's [ sic] Motion to Reconsider Court's Decision Granting Plaintiff's Motion for Brief Extension of Time to Respond to Defendant's [ sic] Motion for Summary Judgment [#72], filed October 19, 2005. I deny the motion. Although I do not intend to condone the practice of affixing opposing counsel's signature to electronically filed documents when authorization to do so has not been obtained, I did not grant plaintiff's motion for an extension of time on the basis that I believed it to have been unopposed. Rather, I granted the motion because plaintiff's brief as filed exceeded the page limits established by my Civil Practice Standards, and he presented no valid reason requiring additional pages. When a party files a brief that exceeds the page limitations, it is my custom and practice to grant the party a brief extension of time in which to refile. Because plaintiff's requested extension was even briefer than I permit typically, I granted the motion.
Counsel for plaintiff is strongly admonished that any further unauthorized filings of this nature, even if unintentional, will not be tolerated, and counsel will be ordered to show cause why sanctions should not be imposed against him personally.
See REB Civ. Practice Standard V.A.1.
THEREFORE, IT IS ORDERED that Defendant's [ sic] Motion to Reconsider Court's Decision Granting Plaintiff's Motion for Brief Extension of Time to Respond to Defendant's [ sic] Motion for Summary Judgment [#72], filed October 19, 2005, is DENIED.