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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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United 

States District 

Court

For the Northern District of California 

*E-Filed 04/07/2010* 

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

SAN JOSE DIVISION 

AGNES SUEVER, et al., 

 Plaintiff, 

 v. 

KATHLEEN CONNELL, et al., 

 Defendants. 

____________________________________/

No. C 03-00156 RS

ORDER RE REQUEST TO EXTEND 

PAGE LIMITS 

 The parties’ joint request that they be permitted to file six separate briefs totaling up to 270 

pages in connection with their cross-motions for summary judgment is DENIED. Although the 

numerous claims and parties at issue may warrant some extension of page limits, the proposal is not 

manageable or efficient, particularly in light of the fact that each side’s arguments in support of their 

own motion for summary judgment should significantly overlap with their arguments in opposition 

to the other side’s motion. The parties are directed to meet and confer to attempt to agree on a more 

practical and contained approach to briefing these issues. Among such other options as the parties 

may themselves devise, they shall consider proceeding with a total of four briefs: (1) Defendants’ 

motion; (2) plaintiffs’ opposition and motion; (3) defendants’ reply in support of their own motion, 

and opposition to plaintiffs’ motion; (4) plaintiffs’ reply in support of their own motion. 

 The parties may agree to any briefing schedule they like, as long as the final brief is filed no 

later than fourteen days before the hearing date. The Court will entertain a further stipulation for a 

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briefing schedule that includes reasonable extensions of the page limits. The motions shall be set 

for hearing no later than the end of June 2010. 

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

DATED: 04/07/2010 

 _______________________________ 

 RICHARD SEEBORG 

 United States District Judge 

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