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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE DISTRICT OF DELAWARE
AES l’LIER'I`O RICO, L.l~‘., )
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Plaintiff`, )
v, ) Civ. N0. 04-1282-JJF
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i\LS'l"Ol\·Cl POWER, INC., )
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Defendant. )
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PI AINTIFF AES PUERTO RICO, L.P.‘S MOTION AND SUPPORTING
MEMORANDUM TO FILE A SURREPLY IN OPPOSITION TO
DEFENDANT'S SECOND MOTION TO COMPEL PRODUCTION OF
ELECTRONIC DOCUMENTS, OR, IN THE ALTERNATIVE, FOR
SANCTIONS
Plaintiff AES Puerto Rico, L.P ("AES-PR") hereby requests leave to tile
the attached Surreply {Exhibit 1) in order to address legal and factual arguments
raised by ALSTOM Power, Inc. ("ALSTOM") for the first time in its Reply to
}’lainr.i{`l`s Opposition to AI..STOM's Second Motion to Compel Production of
lflect ronie Documents, or, in the Alternative, for Sanctions.
ARGUDIENT
On February 23, 2006, ALSTOM filed its Second Motion to Compel
l’ror;luct.ion of Electronic Documents. AES-PR tiled an opposition on March 13,
20(lli. and ALSTOM filed a reply on March 20, 2006. ALSTOM's original eleven·
page nnmnorandum contained only three paragraphs discussing the law that
]}l1l`]]]·Z`JI`lZE2(Il}’ supported its motion. See Mot. at l0~11. Moreover, ALSTOM relied
CHC-ll.lF%lYCl}’ on Fed. R. Civ. P. 37 as the legal basis for an adverse inference

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instruction. ALS'1`()M's eleven-page reply brief raises for the first time new legal
and tiietual allegations. For example, it no longer relies exclusively on Rule 37, but
argi1t‘·s that Second Circuit law applies here. See Reply at 3-4, 7. ALSTOM`s reply
is :1 classic case {)1·"SElHdbdgglIlg,|` and is contrary to Local Rule 7,]..3 (c)(2) which
states that "Itlhe party tiling the opening brief shall not reserve material for the
reply lirief which should have been included in a full and fair opening brief . . . "
lsecanse ALSTOM reserved new legal theories and factual allegations for its reply
hrief, AES-PR has not a lair opportunity to respond, and respectfully requests leave
Dr file the attached Surreply.
CONCLUSION
For the foregoing reasons, AES-PR respectfully requests that this
(Tourt grant its motion to file the attached Surreply.
Respectfully submitted,
UF (_QYi`.)UNSEL;
[lane ll. Butswinkas fsf John S. Spadaro
lt. Hackney Wiegmann John S. Spadaro (Bar No. 3155)
Daniel 1). Williams MURPHY SPADARO & LANDON
\\-'ll,1..lAM.S & CONNOLLY LLP 1011 Centre Road, Suite 210
72.5 Txvelfth Street, NNY. Wilmington, DE 19805
Washington, DC, 20005 Tel. (302) 472-8100
Tel. l_202`l 434-5000 Fax (302) 472-8135
Fax l_1.%{l2} 434-5029
llatetl; March 23, 2006 Attorneys for AES Puerto Rico, LP.
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CERTIFICATE PURSUANT T0 LOCAL RULE 7.1.1
I hereby certify that prior to tiling this motion, on March 22, 2006, I
rliminonieated via email with James Edwards, counsel for defendant ALSTOM. I
asked whether ALSTOM would agree to AES-PR's Motion to file a Surreply. Mr.
l·]dw:u‘ds responded that ALSTOM could not agree to consent to this motion.
J`. { ‘— _
anies L. Tuxbury _ ` _
__ orney for Plaintiff AES Puerén Rico, Ll’
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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
On March 23, 2006, Plaintiff served Plaintiff AES Puerto Rico, L,P.’s
l\`lotloni and Supporting Memorandum to File a Surreply in Opposition to
l}oii:ndant's Second Motion to Cornpel Production of Electronic Documents, or in the
All.€%l'll&`l1I-lVEi, for Sanctions, by e-mail and first class mail, postage prepaid, on:
Richard R. Weir, Esq.
Daniel W. Scialpi, Esq.
Two Mill Road
Suite 200
Wilmington, Delaware 19806
i`ll`lC1,
James E. Edwards, Esq.
Anthony Vittoria, Esq.
Ober, Kaler, Grimes & Shriver
120 East Baltimore Street
Baltimore, Maryland 21202-1643
fsf John S. Spadaro
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