Opinion ID: 603539
Heading Depth: 2
Heading Rank: 3

Heading: Excluded Material

Text: 30 While McIlroy's motion was pending before the district court, he sent the judge, under a cover letter, a copy of new and arguably relevant caselaw. Local Rule 2.1(b) of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas concerns the form and filing of legal documents and provides that all legal documents except discovery materials shall be filed directly with the Clerk's office for the appropriate Division and shall not be sent directly to the Judge for filing. Rule 2.1(b). Legal document is broadly defined in Rule 2.1(a) to include every pleading, petition, application, motion, brief, notice, demand, offer, request, proposed order, and any other paper to be made a part of the record in any civil or criminal case. Rule 2.1(a). PaineWebber moved to strike McIlroy's submission for failure to comply with Rule 2.1(b). Concerned that the submission included new legal argument, the district judge granted PaineWebber's motion. McIlroy argues that the court erred in characterizing the submission as a legal document and in failing to accept and consider it. 31 We note, parenthetically, that the opinion at issue was subsequently reversed, such that prejudice to McIlroy is doubtful at best. In any event, we are satisfied that the district court acted well within its discretion in excluding the material. 32 For the foregoing reasons, we AFFIRM the judgment of the district court.