Opinion
C21-0073JLR
02-09-2023
SHONDOLYN R. BLEVINS, Plaintiff, v. BUREAU OF ALCOHOL, TOBACCO, FIREARMS AND EXPLOSIVES, Defendant.
MINUTE ORDER
The following minute order is made by the direction of the court, the Honorable James L. Robart:
On February 1, 2023, the court issued a revision to its Local Civil Rules that replaces page count limits for motions and briefs with word count limits. See Local Rules W.D. Wash. LCR 7 (Feb. 1, 2023). Each motion or brief must “include the certification of the signer as to the number of words, substantially as follows: ‘I certify that this memorandum contains _____ words, in compliance with the Local Civil Rules.'” Id. LCR 7(e)(6).
The parties' joint stipulation to extend the deadline for Plaintiff to respond to Defendant's motion for summary judgment (Dkt. # 59) does not include the certification required by Local Civil Rule 7(e)(6). Nevertheless, the court will accept the filing. The court DIRECTS the parties to carefully review the current version of the Local Civil Rules on the court's website at https://www.wawd.uscourts.gov/local-rules-and-orders. Failure to follow the Local Civil Rules in the future may result in the motion or brief being stricken from the docket.