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Nature of Suit Code: 190
Nature of Suit: Other Contract Actions
Cause of Action: 28:1332 Diversity-Petition for Removal

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United States District Court

Northern District of California

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SAN JOSE DIVISION

BALJINDER SANDHU,

Plaintiff,

v.

VOLVO CARS OF NORTH AMERICA, 

LLC, et al.,

Defendants.

Case No. 16-cv-04987-BLF 

ORDER STRIKING PLAINTIFF'S 

NOTICE OF SUPPLEMENTAL 

AUTHORITY AND VCUSA'S 

RESPONSE THERETO

[Re: ECF 37, 38]

On December 16, 2016, Plaintiff filed a notice of supplemental authority in support of his 

motion to remand the action to Santa Clara Superior Court. ECF 37. Defendant Volvo Car USA, 

LLC (“VCUSA”) subsequently filed a substantive response to Plaintiff’s notice. ECF 38. Under 

Civil Local Rule 7-3(d), once a reply is filed, but before the noticed hearing date, “no additional 

memoranda, papers or letters may be filed without prior Court approval,” with certain enumerated 

exceptions. Civ. L.R. 7-3(d). One of the exceptions is that “counsel may bring to the Court’s 

attention a relevant judicial opinion published after the date the opposition or reply was filed . . . 

without argument.” Civ. L.R. 7-3(d)(2). Here, Plaintiff’s notice includes argument, and the Court 

did not authorize Defendant’s response.

Because Plaintiff’s notice and Defendant’s response violate Civil Local Rule 7-3(d), the 

Court STRIKES them. The Court will not consider the arguments raised in Plaintiff’s notice or in 

Defendant’s response, but it will consider the cited cases to the extent the Court finds them 

relevant.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: December 20, 2016

 ______________________________________

BETH LABSON FREEMAN

United States District Judge

Case 5:16-cv-04987-BLF Document 39 Filed 12/20/16 Page 1 of 1