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Nature of Suit Code: 190
Nature of Suit: Other Contract Actions
Cause of Action: 28:1441oc Removal- Other Contract

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CLERK US DISTRICT COURT 

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

12 HOYTHART, 

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15 SCOTT R. LARSON, et al., 

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Case No.: 3:16-cv-01460-BEN-MDD 

ORDER: 

(1) DENYING MOTION TO STRIKE, 

[Doc. 148); 

(2) GRANTING MOTION FOR 

EXTENSION OF TIME, [Doc. 151). 

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18 Following the jury's verdict on August 15, 2019, the Court ordered that all post-trial 

19 motions be filed no later than September 4, 2019. The Court then issued a minute order 

20 providing the same deadline with all oppositions to be filed no later than September 14, 

21 2019. Doc. 127. On September 16, 2019, more than ten days after the Court's deadline to 

22 file post-trial motions, Plaintiff Hoyt Hart filed a Motion for New Trial. Doc. 147. 

23 Defendant Scott Larson now moves ex parte to strike Hart's Motion as untimely and 

24 in violation of the Court's scheduling order. Doc. 148. In response, Hart filed an 

25 opposition and a motion for an extension of time to file his Motion for New Trial, nunc pro 

26 tune, to September 16, 2019. Doc. 151. Although Hart violated the Court's scheduling 

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1 of Civil Procedure 59. Accordingly, Larson's motion to strike is DENIED, and Hart's 

2 motion for an extension to file, nunc pro tune, to September 16, 2019, is GRANTED. 

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