Opinion ID: 2787077
Heading Depth: 2
Heading Rank: 5

Heading: United’s Pending Motions

Text: There remain two motions pending: United’s Motion for Stay of District Court Judgment and its Motion to Strike Part H of the Employees’ Brief. The Motion to Stay is denied as moot in light of our disposition of the appeal. Part H of the Employees’ Fourth Step Brief responds to arguments that, they say, were improperly raised in United’s Second Step Brief. United is correct that the Employees should not have responded to these arguments by way of a reply brief, but should have either moved for leave to file a sur-reply or moved to strike United’s arguments. See 28 Fed. R. App. P. 28.1(c)(4); USX Corp. v. Liberty Mut. Ins. Co., 444 F.3d 192, 201–02 (3d Cir. 2006). The Motion is granted insofar as it attacks all but the last paragraph of Part H, which responds to a letter by United informing us of a non-precedential opinion that the Employees (rightly) argue is irrelevant (like all the other cases brought to our attention by United’s six 28(j) letters). For these reasons, all but the last paragraph of Part H is stricken as an impermissible sur-reply filed without leave.