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Nature of Suit Code: 440
Nature of Suit: Other Civil Rights
Cause of Action: 42:1983 Civil Rights Act

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For the Northern District of California 

*E-Filed 04/19/2010* 

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

SAN JOSE DIVISION 

AGNES SUEVER, et al., 

 Plaintiff, 

 v. 

KATHLEEN CONNELL, et al., 

 Defendants. 

____________________________________/

No. C 03-00156 RS

ORDER RE BRIEFING SCHEDULE 

AND PAGE LIMITS 

 In view of the parties’ inability to reach an agreement regarding the briefing of their crossmotions for summary judgment, and good cause appearing, it is hereby ordered that: 

 (1) Defendants shall commence the motion process by filing their motion for summary 

judgment first. There shall be four briefs total: (a) defendants’ motion; (b) plaintiffs’ opposition and 

motion; (c) defendants’ reply in support of their own motion, and opposition to plaintiffs’ motion; 

(d) plaintiffs’ reply in support of their own motion. 

 (2) Each party shall have 90 pages of briefing total, calculated as 35 pages for their 

respective moving arguments, 35 pages for their respective oppositions, and 20 pages for their 

respective replies. Thus, under this allocation, the first brief would be 35 pages, the second would 

be 70 pages, the third would be 55 pages, and the final brief would be 20 pages. The parties are 

each free, however, to expend their total of 90 pages between their two briefs as they see fit. As 

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always, the parties should remember that page limits are a maximum, not a minimum, and that 

points are never deducted for completing the arguments in less than the allotted space. 

 (3) The parties shall forthwith agree to a briefing schedule. The final brief must be filed 14 

days prior to the hearing date. A hearing date in the first half of July may be selected if necessary to 

facilitate reaching agreement on a schedule. 

 

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

DATED: 04/19/2010 

 _______________________________ 

 RICHARD SEEBORG 

 United States District Judge 

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