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Nature of Suit Code: 190
Nature of Suit: Other Contract Actions
Cause of Action: 28:1331 Fed. Question: Breach of Contract

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

 FOR THE DISTRICT OF ARIZONA 

Nova Financial & Investment Corp.,

an Arizona corporation 

Plaintiff, 

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Academy Mortgage Corp., a Utah 

Corporation, et al., 

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No. 4:14-CV-2437-TUC-JAS

INFORMATIONAL ORDER

Communication with the Court

 To avoid the appearance of impropriety by the Court or the parties and to preserve a 

proper record in the event of any appeal, all communication with the Court shall occur via 

a written motion filed into the official docket. The parties shall not contact the Court’s 

staff (i.e., Law Clerks or the Judicial Assistant) telephonically or by e-mail to ask questions 

or express concerns regarding cases pending before the Court, and the Court has directed 

its staff not to entertain any such informal communication. For example, if there is a 

discovery dispute, the parties shall not contact the Court telephonically to resolve the 

dispute; the parties shall file a motion in compliance with the Local Rules if they are unable 

to resolve the dispute.

Dispositive Motions 

 A party filing a dispositive motion shall file only one dispositive motion which 

incorporates all relevant arguments. The dispositive motion shall be limited to 17 pages 

as required by LRCiv 7.2(e); responses are limited to 17 pages and replies are limited to 11 

pages. See LRCiv 7.2(e). Parties are prohibited from simultaneously filing multiple 

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dispositive motions directed at separate counts or issues in a case. While it is proper to file 

one motion to dismiss early in the litigation and one motion for summary judgment after 

discovery has been completed, it is not proper to simultaneously file multiple motions to 

dismiss or multiple motions for summary judgment directed to separate counts or issues. 

The parties should raise all of their arguments for dismissal in one motion to dismiss as 

early as possible in the case, and raise all of their arguments for dismissal in one motion for 

summary judgment after discovery has closed. The Court views the filing of such 

multiple motions as an attempt to subvert the Local Civil Rules establishing page limits 

which encourage the parties to be concise in their arguments; if necessary, the parties may 

seek leave to exceed page limits to include all of their arguments in one motion to dismiss 

or one motion for summary judgment. Furthermore, filing successive motions to dismiss 

or motions for summary judgment after the Court has already resolved such a motion is 

extremely inefficient and often causes long and unnecessary delays as a case is essentially 

halted during the period between the filing of a dispositive motion and the Court's ultimate 

ruling on a dispositive motion after it has been fully briefed. If a party files a successive 

motion to dismiss or motion for summary judgment after such a motion has been resolved 

by the Court, the successive motion to dismiss or motion for summary judgment will likely 

be summarily denied as a motion for reconsideration. The Court also notes that if a party 

files an early summary judgment motion before discovery has closed, the Court will likely 

grant an opposing party's request to complete necessary discovery to properly oppose the 

motion; in such circumstances, the early motion for summary judgment would be denied 

without prejudice pending completion of necessary discovery. In light of the foregoing, 

the parties should strive to include all of their arguments in one motion to dismiss early in 

the case and one motion for summary judgment upon the close of discovery. 

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Proposed Orders, Paper Copies, Exhibits, Authority Binders, and Emailing 

Documents

 The parties must file a proposed order with any motion or stipulation filed with the 

Court and such documents must comply with the applicable requirements in the local rules. 

See, e.g., LRCiv 5.4, 5.5, 7.1, 7.2; Electronic Case Filing Administrative Policies and 

Procedures Manual in the United States District Court for the District of Arizona 

("Manual"). All proposed orders must be emailed to chambers 

(soto_chambers@azd.uscourts.gov) in either Word or Word Perfect format. See id.; 

Manual at 12-13 (describing pertinent e-filing procedures in detail). In addition, if a 

motion is opposed, the opposing party shall file and email to chambers a proposed order 

denying the motion. To the extent the parties file any motions, responses, or replies as to 

substantive matters (such as motions for: injunctive relief, to dismiss, for summary 

judgment, to compel, sanctions, etc.), the parties shall email Word or Word Perfect copies 

of the motions, responses, or replies to chambers. Lastly, the parties shall also email 

Word or Word Perfect copies of any separate statement of facts in support of, or in 

opposition to, summary judgment or other dispositive motions. 

 Paper copies of all filings must be mailed (except as noted below) to chambers 

(LRCiv 5.4); any motion, pleading, or other document which is submitted with more than 

one exhibit must be accompanied by a Table of Contents and the exhibits must be indexed 

with tabs which correspond to the Table of Contents. Anytime a party files a motion, 

response, reply, or other brief with the Court, the party must mail the Court paper copies of 

all authority cited in the brief which shall be included in a binder with a table of contents 

and exhibit tags corresponding to the authority cited. Such authority includes, but is not 

limited to, case law, rules, statutes, regulations, and treatises. To the extent case law, 

rules, statutes, or regulations are cited, the entire case, rule, statute or regulation shall be 

included in the binder. The case law shall be organized in alphabetical order. To the 

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extent treatises are cited, only the section(s) relied upon shall be included in the binder. 

As to all of the authority cited which must be included in the binder, the parties shall also 

tag (with a post-it) the specific page(s) cited in their briefs and highlight (by circling with a 

pen or using a highlighter) the portion of the case, rule, statute, regulation, or treatise that 

supports the citations of authority relied upon in their briefs. Within seven days after a 

document is filed, the parties shall provide the Court with paper copies in strict compliance 

with this Order and file a notice that they have strictly complied with the requirements in 

this Order; failure to timely file this required notice will be viewed as a party's admission 

that they have failed to comply with this Court's Order.1

 If an emergency motion is filed 

(including, but not limited to, a motion for a temporary restraining order, preliminary 

injunction, emergency stay, or other motion that warrants expedited action) that requires 

more immediate attention from the Court, the parties shall provide the required paper 

copies no later than one business day (or sooner if possible) after the motion, response or 

reply is filed pertaining to any emergency motion. If a party fails to submit the required 

authority binder and other paper copies required by this Order2

, the Court may summarily 

deny or grant a motion as applicable to the party that failed to comply with this Order, and 

the Court may dismiss the case with prejudice or enter a default judgment as to the 

non-complying party.3

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The parties are not required to provide paper copies of stipulations and unopposed 

motions to continue, and need not provide authority binders as to stipulations and unopposed 

motions to continue.

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On rare occasions, the Court may find it necessary to issue an Order before the deadline to 

submit the required binders expires; in these circumstances, the binder requirement becomes moot, 

and the parties are not required to submit binders.

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As to pro se parties, the Court notes that the full text of most legal authority is available via 

numerous internet sites, including Google Scholar (http://scholar.google.com/), which is available 

to the public and completely free. In addition, most legal authority can be found and copied for a 

limited charge in various libraries located in most cities such as the law libraries located at the 

University Of Arizona College Of Law and the various courthouses in Pima County. Legal 

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 Plaintiffs shall serve a copy of this Order on Defendants at the same time they serve 

the Summons and Complaint; if these have already been served on Defendants prior to 

Plaintiffs receiving this Order, Plaintiffs shall serve this Order on Defendants within 14 

days of the filing date of this Order. Within 7 days of serving this Order on Defendants, 

Plaintiffs shall file a notice with the Court indicating when Defendant was served with this 

Order. If all parties have already been served and entered an appearance into the record, 

Plaintiff need not serve this Order as they will receive either a Notice of Electronic Filing 

through CM/ECF or a paper copy (for pro se parties) of this Order through the Clerk of the 

Court. 

 Dated this 24th day of October, 2014. 

Honorable James A. Soto 

United States District Judge 

 

authority can also be found and printed out for a limited charge at sites such as westlaw.com and 

lexis.com.

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