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- ilsd;;3:16-cv-00422_de161 RegisterActionDate "2019-09-06" @default.
- ilsd;;3:16-cv-00422_de161 RegisterActionDescriptionText "ORDER GRANTING 148 Motion to Strike Reply Brief. Local Rule 7.1(c) states that "[r]eply briefs are not favored and should be filed only in exceptional circumstances." Generally speaking, a motion to strike a reply is disfavored just as much, if not more, than the reply itself. That is particularly true in the context of a motion for summary judgment because the motion to strike does not serve to refine the issues or aid in a more expeditious resolution of the case; it only generates another round of briefing that the Court must read and address before it can reach the dispositive motion. The Court is cognizant of the Local Rule 7.1(c) and capable of recognizing and disregarding an unwarranted reply brief without additional briefing by the parties. That being said, the motion to strike will be granted in this instance. As Plaintiff points out, Defendants did not identify any exceptional circumstances justifying their reply brief as required by Local Rule 7.1(c) (Doc. 148). Defendants also did not respond or otherwise object to the motion to strike. And based on the Court's own review of the reply brief, it appears that Defendants are simply rehashing the arguments already made in their motion for summary judgment, which does not constitute an exceptional circumstance warranting a reply brief. The motion to strike is granted, and the Reply brief at Doc. 145 is STRICKEN. Signed by Magistrate Judge Mark A. Beatty on 9/6/2019. (klh2)THIS TEXT ENTRY IS AN ORDER OF THE COURT. NO FURTHER DOCUMENTATION WILL BE MAILED. (Entered: 09/06/2019)" @default.
- ilsd;;3:16-cv-00422_de161 AdministrativeID "156" @default.
- ilsd;;3:16-cv-00422_de161 hasJudgeReference SJ002900 @default.
- ilsd;;3:16-cv-00422_de161 hasReferenceToOtherEntry ilsd;;3:16-cv-00422_de150 @default.
- ilsd;;3:16-cv-00422_de161 hasReferenceToOtherEntry ilsd;;3:16-cv-00422_de153 @default.