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Nature of Suit Code: 440
Nature of Suit: Other Civil Rights
Cause of Action: 20:1400 Civil Rights of Handicapped Child

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United States District Court 

Northern District of Californi

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

EMMA C., et al., 

Plaintiffs, 

v. 

DELAINE EASTIN, et al., 

Defendants. 

Case No. 96-cv-04179-TEH 

ORDER DENYING PLAINTIFFS’ 

MOTION FOR LEAVE TO FILE 

SURREPLY 

 

Plaintiffs’ request leave to file a surreply in support of their opposition to State 

Defendants’ motion to set aside the Court Monitor’s Draft Corrective Action Plan. 

(Docket No. 2075). “The standard for granting leave to file a surreply is whether the party 

making the motion would be unable to contest matters presented to the court for the first 

time in the opposing party’s reply.” Lewis v. Rumsfeld, 154 F. Supp. 2d 56, 61 (D. D.C. 

2001). Plaintiffs contend that State Defendants’ citation of a new case in the Reply is 

adequate grounds for the filing of a surreply. This Court disagrees. The new case cited in 

State Defendants’ Reply merely offers additional support for an argument appropriately 

raised in the underlying motion - an argument that was addressed by Plaintiffs in the 

Opposition. Allowing non-moving parties to file a surreply every time a reply includes 

additional case support would effectively institute a four-part briefing schedule. Seeing no 

“matters presented to the court for the first time in the opposing party’s reply,” Lewis, 154 

F. Supp. 2d at 61, Plaintiffs’ request for leave to file a surreply is hereby DENIED. 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: 07/31/15 _____________________________________ 

THELTON E. HENDERSON 

United States District Judge 

Case 3:96-cv-04179-VC Document 2083 Filed 07/31/15 Page 1 of 1