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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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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE DISTRICT OF ARIZONA

Bradley W. Kennedy,

Plaintiff, 

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Angela K. Andrews, et al., 

Defendants. 

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CV 05-2692 PHX NVW

ORDER

Before the court is the Maricopa County Defendants' Motions to Stay Discovery

(docs. #41 and 39) and Plaintiff's Response (doc. # 50). The time to file a reply has

expired. The Defendants' motions request a stay of discovery until determination of the

pending motions to dismiss. Because there is serious question as to whether this action is

properly brought in this court, the motion will be granted. The court contemplates ruling

promptly on the pending motions to dismiss. 

Also before the court is Plaintiff's Motion to Strike Defendant's Pleading (doc. #

33), which seeks to strike Defendant Hentoff's Motion to Dismiss (doc. # 4) on the

ground the that defendant did not serve his motion upon Plaintiff by mail. Plaintiff

admits he received a copy of the motion from other sources, so there is no prejudice to

Plaintiff. The motion will be denied. To the extent document # 33 contains other briefing

in response to document # 4, the court will consider it in later ruling on document # 4.

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Also before the court are Plaintiff's Response to County Defendants' Motion to

Dismiss and Objection Plaintiff Seeks Leave of Court to Exceed the Number of Pages for

His Response for Cause (doc. # 36), of 31 pages length, and an identically titled paper

(doc. # 37) of 28 pages in length. The court takes both to be tendered over-length

responses to the County Defendants' Motion to Dismiss (doc. # 27). The length of the

responses is unjustified. The request for leave to exceed the page limit (doc. # 36) will be

denied, and documents # 36 and 37 will be stricken.

IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED that the Maricopa County Defendants' Motions to

Stay Discovery (docs. #41 and 39) are granted.

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that all discovery in this action is stayed until

determination of the pending motions to dismiss.

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that Plaintiff's Motion to Strike Defendant's Pleading

(doc. # 33) is denied.

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that Plaintiff's Response to County Defendants'

Motion to Dismiss and Objection Plaintiff Seeks Leave of Court to Exceed the Number of

Pages for His Response for Cause (doc. # 36) is denied and documents # 36 and 37 are

stricken. Plaintiff may file a substitute response within the page limits by December 5,

2005.

DATED this 18th day of November, 2005.

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