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TIE Communications, Inc., plaintiff v. United States, U.S. Customs Service, and District Director, Customs District Office, St. Albans, Vermont, defendants
    Court No. 91-04-00300
    (Dated February 18, 1993)
   Memorandum Opinion and Order

Musgrave, Judge:

This Court denied the government leave to file its response and its Supplemental Motion for Summary Judgment and In Response to Plaintiffs Cross-Motion for Summary Judgment Out of Time in TIE Communications, Inc., v. United States, Slip Op. 92-210 (CIT November 25, 1992). In response to the government’s subsequent Motion to Dissolve Preliminary Injunction and its Memorandum for Reconsideration of the Court’s Decision Denying Defendants’ Request for Leave to File its Response to Plaintiffs Cross-Motion for Summary Judgment Out of Time, plaintiff has filed its Opposition and a proposed order seeking attorneys fees under USCIT Rule 11. Now, the government has filed a Motion for Leave to File a Reply Memorandum in Opposition to Plaintiffs Response to Defendants’ Motion to Dissolve the Preliminary Injunction. Plaintiff has filed a motion opposing defendants’ motion for leave to file a reply memorandum in opposition to plaintiffs response to defendants’ motion to dissolve the preliminary injunction. Defendants’ motion is denied. Defendants’ motion merely adds support to plaintiffs case for Rule 11 sanctions against the government. The more paper the government throws at issues already considered and decided by the Court, the more the government gives the appearance of causing unneeded delay, cost, and harassment. The Court will reserve judgment on the Rule 11 sanctions that would be applicable to the government’s last two motions, to wit, its Motion to Dissolve Preliminary Injunction and its Memorandum for Reconsideration of the Court’s Decision Denying Defendant’s Request for Leave to File its Response to Plaintiff’s Cross-Motion for Summary Judgment Out of Time and its Motion for Leave to File a Reply Memorandum in Opposition to Plaintiff’s Response to Defendants’ Motion to Dissolve the Preliminary Injunction. It is hereby

Ordered that the government’s Motion for Leave to File a Reply Memorandum in Opposition to Plaintiffs Response to Defendants’ Motion to Dissolve the Preliminary Injunction is denied; it is further

Ordered that plaintiffs motion for attorneys fees and other Rule 11 sanctions is denied to the extent that the Court will postpone any decision regarding the imposition of Rule 11 sanctions.