Free Motion for Leave to File Excess Pages - District Court of Arizona - Arizona

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MATHEW & MATHEW, P.C. IVAN K. MATHEW (SBN: 011610) 1850 N. Central Avenue, Suite 1910 Phoenix, Arizona 85004 Tel: (602) 254-8088 / Fax: (602) 254-2204 e-mail: [email protected] Attorneys for Defendants RICKY LEE HANCOCK, BRENDA HANCOCK, RICK HANCOCK HOMES, L.L.C. and RLH DEVELOPMENT, L.L.C. UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF ARIZONA Meritage Homes Corporation, a Maryland Corporation, formerly d/b/a Meritage Corporation, Hancock-MTH Builders, Inc., an Arizona Corporation, Hancock-MTH Communities, Inc., an Arizona Corporation, and currently d/b/a Meritage Homes Construction, Inc., an Arizona Corporation, and Meritage Homes of Arizona, Inc., an Arizona Corporation, Plaintiffs, v. Ricky Lee Hancock and Brenda Hancock, husband and wife, Gregory S. Hancock and Linda Hancock, husband and wife, Rick Hancock Homes, L.L.C., an Arizona limited liability company, RLH Development, L.L.C., an Arizona limited liability company; and J2H2, L.L.C., an Arizona limited liability company, Defendants. CASE NO. CV-04-0384-PHX-ROS DEFENDANTS' MOTION FOR LEAVE OF COURT FOR AN EXTENSION OF THE NUMBER OF PAGES FOR THEIR REPLY BRIEF (Assigned to the Honorable Roslyn O. Silver)

Defendants, Rick and Brenda Hancock, represented by Ivan K. Mathew, hereby request leave of court to for an extension of the page length of their Reply brief from 11 pages to 16 pages. Plaintiff's Opposition brief was 27 pages long. The Motion to Amend, plus the

primary Reply Brief, would only be 19 pages. The total number of pages would be less than the combined total of 38 pages allotted to Defendants (Motion plus Reply).

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The additional pages are needed to address the numerous issues raised by Plaintiff in their Opposition which is a Dispositive pleading. This is also the first time that Defendants have an opportunity to address the issues in Plaintiff's Opposition. CONCLUSION Therefore, Defendants, Rick and Brenda Hancock request leave of Court to have Defendants' Reply Brief contain 16 pages. RESPECTFULLY SUBMITTED this 7th day of April, 2006. MATHEW & MATHEW, P.C By: s/Ivan K. Mathew Ivan K. Mathew, Attorneys for Defendants Rick Hancock, et al.

CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I hereby certify that on April 7, 2006, I electronically transmitted the attached document to the Clerk's Office using the CM/ECF System for filing and transmittal of a Notice of Electronic Filing to the following CM/ECF registrants: Dan W. Goldfine Richard G. Erickson Snell & Wilmer, LLP One Arizona Center 400 E. Van Buren Phoenix, AZ 85004-2202 e-mail: [email protected] Attorneys for Meritage Corporation Timothy J. Burke Fennemore & Craig, P.C. 3003 N. Central Avenue, Suite 2600 Phoenix, AZ 85012 e-mail: [email protected] Attorneys for Snell & Wilmer, LLP Robert M. Frisbee Frisbee & Bostock 5611 N. 16th Street Phoenix, AZ 85016 e-mail: [email protected] Attorneys for Gregory Hancock

s/Candace Deegan

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