Eggum v. Holbrook

[5] UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT [6] WESTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON AT SEATTLE [7] 8 MARLOW TODD EGGUM, 9 Petitioner, Case No. C14-1328-RAJ-MAT 10 v. ORDER ON MOTION TO FILE SURREPLY AND MOTION TO 11 JERI BOE, STRIKE 12 Respondent. [13] 14 Respondent moves the Court to accept a surreply to petitioner’s motion to expand the 15 record (Dkt. 131), and petitioner moves to strike respondent’s motion (Dkt. 132). Surreplies are 16 improper under Local Civil Rule 7(g) unless they are limited to addressing a request to strike 17 material contained in or attached to a reply brief. Local Rules W.D. Wash. LCR 7(g); see Echlin 18 v.Dynamic Collectors, Inc., 102 F. Supp. 3d 1179 , 1181 n.1 (W.D. Wash. 2015) (granting motion 19 to strike improperly filed surreply); Annelise Farnes v. Metro. Group Property & Casualty Ins. 20 Co., No. 18-1883, 2019 WL 4044102 , at *1 (W.D. Wash. July 31, 2019) (denying request to file 21 surreply that did not comply with LCR 7(g)). Respondent’s surreply does not comport with LCR 22 7(g), and therefore her motion to accept a surreply (Dkt. 131) is DENIED, and petitioner’s motion [23] 1 to strike (Dkt. 132) is DENIED as moot. The Clerk is directed to send copies of this order to 2 the parties and to the Honorable Richard A. Jones. 3 Dated this 29th day of August, 2019. 4 A [5] Mary Alice Theiler 6 United States Magistrate Judge