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Parties Involved:
A & S Electronics, Inc.
Defendant
Adobe Systems Incorporated
Plaintiff
Alan Z. Lin
Defendant
Trustprice
Defendant

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

OAKLAND DIVISION 

ADOBE SYSTEMS INCORPORATED, a 

Delaware Corporation, 

 Plaintiff, 

 vs. 

A & S ELECTRONICS, INC., a California 

Corporation d/b/a TRUSTPRICE; ALAN Z. 

LIN, an Individual; and DOES 1-10, 

Inclusive, 

 Defendants. 

Case No: C 15-2288 SBA 

ORDER STRIKING NONCOMPLIANT MOTIONS 

Dkt. 44, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51

The Court’s Standing Orders specify that the maximum page limit for motions and 

oppositions thereto is fifteen pages. Dkt. 16. The Standing Orders further state that any 

brief filed “in an improper manner or form shall not be received or considered by the 

Court.” Id.; see Swanson v. U.S. Forest Serv., 87 F.3d 339, 345 (9th Cir. 1996) (courts 

have discretion to strike oversized briefs). 

Defendants have filed a nineteen-page motion to dismiss and a separate six-page 

motion for more definite statement. Dkt. 44, 46. In response, Plaintiff filed two fifteenpage oppositions, one in response to each motion. Defendants’ motion to dismiss clearly 

violates the Court’s Standing Orders. Dkt. 47, 48. In addition, the Court finds that 

Defendants’ filing of a separate motion for a more definite statement is excessive. Such a 

motion should have been brought in the alternative to a motion to dismiss—not as a 

separate, stand-alone motion. See Schwarzer et al, Prac. Guide Fed. Civ. Proc. Before Trial 

(Nat Ed.) ¶ 9:13 (TRG 2014). Accordingly, 

IT IS HEREBY ORDERED THAT all briefs filed in connection with Defendants’ 

motion to dismiss and motion for a more definite statement are STRICKEN. The Clerk 

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shall strike Dkt. 44, 46, 47, 48, 50 and 51 from the record. Defendants are granted leave to 

file a combined motion to dismiss, or in the alternative, a motion for a more definite 

statement within seven days of the date this Order is filed. Plaintiff shall file a single 

opposition brief no later than seven days after the motion is filed. Defendants’ reply shall 

be filed three days after Plaintiffs file their opposition. The parties’ stipulation to advance 

the hearing date from December 9, 2015, to November 12, 2015, is DENIED as moot. 

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

Dated: 10/16/15 ______________________________ 

SAUNDRA BROWN ARMSTRONG 

United States District Judge 

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