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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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 As four defendants are represented by one set of counsel, and the fifth defendant

is represented by separate counsel, the Court finds the filing of a total of 30 pages of

briefing is not in violation of Civil Local Rule 7-2(b), which provides that a motion not

exceed 25 pages in length. See Civil L.R. 7-2(b). In light of the amount of duplicative

briefing, however, it would have been preferable if the four defendants who share the same

counsel had filed a single motion for summary judgment of no more than 25 pages in

length.

United States District Court

For the Northern District of California

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

GREGORY CLOUTHIER, et al.,

Plaintiffs,

 v.

COUNTY OF CONTRA COSTA, et al.,

Defendants.

 /

No. C-06-3893 MMC

ORDER DENYING STIPULATION RE:

PLAINTIFFS’ OPPOSITION TO

MOTIONS FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT

Before the Court is the parties’ stipulation, filed June 28, 2007, proposing that

plaintiffs be permitted to file a single 60-page memorandum in opposition to defendants’

motions for summary judgment. Although defendants, on June 22, 2007, filed five motions

for summary judgment – a separate motion on behalf of each defendant – the memoranda

in support of those motions contain a great deal of duplicative material. Indeed, the total

number of pages of non-duplicative material filed in support of the five motions does not

exceed 30 pages.1

 Consequently, plaintiffs have not demonstrated a need to file an

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opposition memorandum of 60 pages in length.

Accordingly, the parties’ stipulation is hereby DENIED, and plaintiffs shall file a

single opposition of no more than 30 pages in length to defendants’ motions for summary

judgment.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: July 2, 2007 MAXINE M. CHESNEY

United States District Judge

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