Opinion
2:21-cv-00984-JAD-EJY
08-29-2023
Julie A. Su, Acting Secretary of Labor, United States Department of Labor, Plaintiff v. NAB LLC, et al., Defendants
ORDER GRANTING MOTION TO STRIKE DOCUMENTS FILED IN VIOLATION OF LOCAL RULES [ECF NOS. 60, 61, 62]
Jennifer A. Dorsey, U.S. District Judge.
In response to the Department of Labor's motion for sanctions, pro se defendant Nicole Brown filed a 51-page brief and a separate document subtitled “(Document 1) Evidence,” which consists of 902 pages. Pointing out that both of these documents violate this court's local rules for the form and method of submitting documents for filing, the Department of Labor moves to strike them.
ECF No. 45.
ECF No. 60.
ECF No. 61.
ECF No. 62.
Indeed, Brown's filings grossly violate the rules of this court. Local Rule 7-3(b) imposes a 24-page limit on responses to motions for sanctions. Local Rule IA 10-3 explains the format and process for filing exhibits to motions. Among other things, it requires exhibits and attachments to “be paginated,” and “[a] cover sheet referencing the exhibit or attachment by number or letter must be the first page of each exhibit or attachment and must include a descriptor of the exhibit or attachment.” Most importantly, the rule warns that exhibits must not be “unnecessarily voluminous,” and “exhibits in excess of 100 pages must be submitted in a separately bound appendix.” Brown's 51-page response with another 902 pages of exhibits and attachments violate all of these rules.
Local Rule IA 10-3(c)-(e).
Local Rule IA 10-3(h)-(i).
IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED that the motion to strike these violative documents [ECF No. 62] is GRANTED. The Clerk of Court is directed to STRIKE [ECF Nos. 60, 61] Brown's response to the motion for sanctions and its attachments. Brown has until September 8, 2023, to file a revised and rule-compliant response to the motion for sanctions [ECF No. 45].