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Nature of Suit Code: 830
Nature of Suit: Patent
Cause of Action: 28:1338pt Patent Infringement

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JUN 2 6 2018 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

VIASAT, INC., a Delaware corporation, 

Plaintiff, 

v. 

ACACIA COMMUNICATIONS, INC., a 

Delaware corporation, 

Defendant. 

Case No.: 3:16-cv-00463-BEN-JMA 

ORDER ON DEFENDANT'S 

APPLICATION FOR AN ORDER 

CLARIFYING PAGE COUNT 

[Doc. No. 99.) 

18 Before the Court is Defendant Acacia Communications, Inc.'s ("Acacia") Ex Parte 

19 Application for an Order Clarifying Page Count related to Viasat Inc. 's February 2, 2018 

20 Motion Papers, or in the Alternative for an Order Granting Acacia Leave to File 

21 Oppositions with Additional Pages. (Doc. No. 99.) PlaintiffViaSat, Inc. ("ViaSat") filed 

22 a Response to Acacia's Ex Parte Application. (Doc. No. 100.) 

23 On February 2, 2018, ViaSat filed three motions: (1) a Motion for Summary 

24 Judgment on Acacia's Counterclaim for Patent Misappropriation, (2) Motion to Exclude 

25 Expert Testimony and (3) Motion for Partial Summary Judgment. (Doc. Nos. 89, 95, 98.) 

26 Each of these motions was scheduled for hearing on March 5, 2018. ViaSat's 

27 Memoranda of Points and Authorities ("P and A") supporting these three motions was 7 

28 pages (Doc. No. 89-1 ), 25 pages (Doc. No. 95-1 ), and 25 pages (Doc. No. 98-1) 

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1 respectively. As a result, ViaSat's Memoranda total 57 pages, 32 pages over what is 

2 permitted by the Court for "all motions noticed for the same motion day." Civ. LR 

3 7.l(h). 1 

4 Plaintiffs claim that after receiving the hearing date from the Court, they "assumed 

5 (perhaps wrongly) that the 25-page limit in Local Rule 7.1 (h) would apply to each 

6 separate motion." (Doc. No. 100 at 2.) Moreover, ViaSat does not object to Acacia 

7 having 25 pages for each of its oppositions to each ofViaSat's motions. (Id.) Acacia 

8 alleges it will be unduly burdened by not having additional pages to respond to the 

9 additional 32 pages in its Oppositions as Acacia is similarly limited for its memoranda 

10 "in opposition to all motions noticed for the same motion day." (Doc. No. 99 at 2.) 

11 This Court takes compliance with its Local Rules seriously. As Judge Kozinski 

12 remarked, it has become more common for lawyers to file oversized briefs at the last 

13 minute and "dare us to bounce them." Cuevas v. Hartley, 835 F.3d 892, 893 (9th Cir. 

14 2016) (Kozinski, J., dissenting). Courts often accept these briefs because striking them 

15 "knocks the briefing and argument schedule out of kilter," thus causing more trouble than 

16 "putting up with the additional unnecessary pages." (Id.) But "[t]his encourages disdain 

17 for our rules and penalizes lawyers ... who make the effort to comply." (Id.) 

18 Despite this admonition, the Court will allow ViaSats' oversized memorandum in 

19 this instance. Moreover, the Court further ORDERS Acacia may file either a single 

20 opposition brief or three separate opposition briefs not to exceed fifty-seven (57) pages in 

21 total. Going forward, however, ViaSat and Acacia are forewarned, they both MUST 

22 comply with the Local Civil Rules governing the length of briefs unless leave of Court is 

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1 Local Civil Rule 7. l(h) sets a presumptive limit of twenty-five (25) pages for any brief 

or memorandum in support of a motion unless leave to file excess pages is granted by the 

Judge assigned to hear the motion. 

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Hon. . Benitez 

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