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Nature of Suit Code: 370
Nature of Suit: Other Fraud
Cause of Action: 28:1332 Diversity-Fraud

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United States District Court

Northern District of California

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SAN JOSE DIVISION

AVI AZOULAI, et al.,

Plaintiffs,

v.

BMW OF NORTH AMERICA LLC,

Defendant.

Case No. 16-cv-00589-BLF 

ORDER STRIKING DEFENDANT’S 

MOTION TO DISMISS PLAINTIFFS’ 

SECOND AMENDED CLASS ACTION 

COMPLAINT

[Re: ECF 44]

On October 21, 2016, Defendant BMW of North America, LLC filed its motion to dismiss 

plaintiffs’ second amended class action complaint. Mot., ECF 44. Because the motion violates 

the Court’s Standing Order re Civil Cases and Civ. L.R. 3-4(c)(2) with respect to the use of 

footnotes, Defendant’s motion is STRICKEN.

This Court’s Standing Order re Civil Cases, subsection E.4 provides that footnotes “are to 

be used sparingly and citations to textual matter shall not be contained in footnotes.” Several 

pages of the opposition contain multiple footnotes—one of which spans 22 lines of text. Mot. 13–

14. Through this use of footnotes, Defendant included 127 lines of single-spaced text—the 

equivalent of nearly 5 pages of text had Defendant complied with the Civil Local Rules’ 

requirement that text in the body of the brief be double-spaced with no more than 28 lines per 

page. See Civ. L.R. 3-4(c)(2). Had Defendant complied with these rules, its brief would have 

been oversized, at 29 pages.

Because Defendant’s use of footnotes violates the Court’s Standing Order and the Civil 

Local Rules, the Court STRIKES Defendant’s motion to dismiss Plaintiff’s second amended class 

action complaint. The Court ORDERS Defendant to file a motion that complies with the Standing 

Order and Civil Local Rules; contains few footnotes, if any; and does not exceed 25 pages 

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inclusive of the signature page by no later than October 31, 2016. Pursuant to the Federal Rules 

of Civil Procedure, Plaintiff’s opposition to Defendant’s motion shall be due 14 days after the 

amended motion is filed.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: October 24, 2016

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BETH LABSON FREEMAN

United States District Judge

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