Free Order on Motion to Strike - District Court of Connecticut - Connecticut

l Fee 3:00-cv—00339-RNC Document 130 Filed 03/02/2006 Page 1 of 1
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‘ THOMAS O’CONNOR * CIVIL ACTION N0.i I3:00 CV 339 (RNC) I ;
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PLAINTIFF‘S MOTION TO STRIKE I
DEFENDANTS' MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT I
U Under date of January 13, 2006, the defendants filed a motion for summary
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judgment. This motion should be struck and disallowed, and this case should be set
down for an immediate trial.
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The first reason clefendants' motion for summary judgment should be struck is I
tieizause the defendants completely ignored Subsection (b) of the court’s Order On
I Pretrial Deadlines. lt_ is the court’s standing order that:
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I { ` Before a party files a... motion for summaryjudgment, a prefiling conference @ I
‘ gi be held. A party wishing to file such a motion must submit a letter to chambers
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I if the discovery deadline. Failure to request a prefiling conference @resuIt in I
_: ··_ 5 the waiver ofthe right to file a motion.
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9; jj The court should enforce its own rules. And since the defendants failed to I
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§ before filing the motion, the defendants have waived the right to file the motion. I
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N The second reason defendants' motion for summary judgment should be struck I
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