Opinion
Civil Action No. 16-12572
08-10-2017
SANDRA R. GREGORY, Plaintiff, v. COMMISSIONER OF SOCIAL SECURITY, Defendant.
HON. MATTHEW F. LEITMAN U.S. District Judge
ORDER STRIKING PLAINTIFF'S MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT
On February 24, 2017, Plaintiff, through her attorney Randall E. Phillips, filed a 23-page motion for summary judgment in 10-point font. Docket #20. Local Rule 5.1(a)(3) requires the type size of all text to be no smaller than 14-point font. See Adelson v. Ocwen Financial Corporation, 2017 WL 1148922 (E.D. Mich. March 28, 2017)(Berg, J.).
Plaintiff should note further that Local Rule 5.1(a)(2) requires all text to be double-spaced, with the exception of quoted material and footnotes and under Local Rule 7.1(d)(3)(A) "'the text of a brief [...], including footnotes and signatures, may not exceed 25 pages.'" Adelson.
Plaintiff's Motion for Summary Judgment [Doc. #20] is STRICKEN. Plaintiff is hereby granted until Wednesday, August 16, 2017 to file a brief in compliance the above-stated Local Rules.
IT IS SO ORDERED. Dated: August 10, 2017
s/R. Steven Whalen
R. STEVEN WHALEN
UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE
CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
I hereby certify on August 11, 2017 that I electronically filed the foregoing paper with the Clerk of the Court sending notification of such filing to all counsel registered electronically. I hereby certify that a copy of this paper was mailed to non-registered ECF participants August 11, 2017.
s/Carolyn M. Ciesla
Case Manager for the
Honorable R. Steven Whalen