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Parties Involved:
Louie Alexander
Plaintiff
Evening Shade Inc.
Defendant
Rick Haddock
Defendant
Penny Proffit Cleaners
Defendant

Document Text:

IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE

MIDDLE DISTRICT OF ALABAMA, EASTERN DIVISION

LOUIE ALEXANDER, )

)

Plaintiff, )

) CIVIL ACTION NO.

v. ) 3:09cv605-MHT

) (WO)

EVENING SHADE INC., d/b/a )

PENNY PROFFIT CLEANERS, and )

RICK HADDOCK, )

)

Defendants. )

OPINION AND ORDER

The case is now before the court on defendants

Evening Shade Inc., doing business as Penny Proffit

Cleaners, and Rick Haddock’s’ motion to strike exhibits

“K” and “L”, affidavits of plaintiff Louie Alexander’s

Penny Profit co-workers, which were submitted in

opposition to the motion for summary judgment. It is

ORDERED that the motion (doc. no. 40) is denied.

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Defendants assert that the exhibits fail to comply

with Fed. R. Civ. P. 56(e), which requires that

affidavits submitted on summary judgment “be made on

personal knowledge ... and show that the affiant is

competent to testify on the matters stated.” They state

that the employee affidavits “do not contain affirmations

that the affiants were sworn and that the information

contained within ... is true and accurate to the best of

the affiant[s’] knowledge.” Mot. (Doc. No. 40).

Furthermore, they contend that both documents were

improperly notarized, as the affiants failed to appear

personally before the notary republic. 

In response to defendants’ objections, Alexander

submitted, and the court granted, a motion to substitute

exhibits K and L with exhibits K-2 and L-2, affidavits

that contain testimony identical to that in the original

exhibits, but which are prepared in accordance with Fed.

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R. Civ. P. 56. Consequently, the court finds defendants’

objections to exhibits K and L are now moot. 

DONE, this the 10th of August, 2010.

 /s/ Myron H. Thompson 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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