Free Motion to Strike - District Court of Arizona - Arizona

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RONAN & FIRESTONE, PLC
2 9300 E. RAINTREE DRIVE. SUITE 120 ;
SCOTTSDALE, ARIZONA 85260
3 (480) 222-9100 i
Merrick B. Firestone, SB #012138
4 Veronica L. Manolio, SB #020230
Atzorneysfor the Nelcela Defendants
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6 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
7 IN AND FOR THE DISTRICT OF ARIZONA
8 Merchant Transaction Systems, Inc., No. 02-CV—l954 — PI·IX—MHM p
9 Plaintiff, NELCELA, INC., LEN CAMPAGNA i
10 v. AND ALEC DOLLARHIDE’S ;
MOTION TO STRIKE Q
U Nelcela, Inc., an Arizona corporation; LEXCEL, POST AND MTSI’S JOINT I
Len Carnpagna, an Arizona resident; MOTION FOR 5
12 Alec Dollarhide, an Arizona resident; COURT APPOINTMENT I
Ebocom, Inc., a Delaware Corporation; OF A TECHNICAL ADVISOR ;
13 POST Integrations, Inc., an Illinois Corp.,
(The Honorable Mary H. Murguia)
1 4 Defendants.
" (Expedited Ruling Requested) {
15 And Related Counterclaims and Cross-Claims.
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17 Pursuant to Rule l2(f), Federal Rules of Civil Procedure ("FRCP"), Nelcela, Len Campagna
18 and Alec Dollarhide (collectively "Nelcela") hereby respectfully ask the Court to strike the joint
19 parties’ “Motion for Court Appointment ofTeclmical Advisor" filed on or about October 20, 2006.1
20 This motion is an attempt at reconsideration of issues on which this Court has already ruled.
,1 Because the new motion introduces new evidence, asks the Court to reconsider its prior ruling that
22 ownership must be determined by a trier of fact, and limits Nelcela’s ability to respond to the new
I 23 assumptions/evidence, Nelcela requests the motion be stricken in its entirety.
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25 1 Although the joint motion was originally filed on October 20, 2006, Nelcela respectfully asks the Court to
consider that the original motion contained a flawed CD exhibit and that Nelcela was not able to evaluate {
26 the motion or the evidence on which the motion relied until October 24, 2006 when a new CD was delivered
to Nelcelais counsel. For timeliness only, Nelcela asks this Court to use October 24"‘ as the date of receipt I
of the motion.
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1 This is the second time that the joint parties have prejudiced Nelcela by creating new expert
2 reports after the close of discovery and without Ne1cela’s ability to respond by obtaining rebuttal
3 expert report(s)/opinions. Nelcela was not permitted to depose or otherwise perform discovery on
4 the “Addendum Report" of Robert Zeidman, and the joint parties now ask the Court once again to
5 r prohibit Nelcela’s discovery on the brand new CD Report tiled just a week ago.
6 If this Court is not inclined to strike this motion, Nelcela requests to at least that it be
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7 permitted to take discovery on the new "evidence" and be permitted to disclose a rebuttal expert if
8 necessary. Nelcela respectfully asks for a court directive on an expedited basis only because it is
9 uncertain how to respond and does not want to dismiss any impending deadlines.
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11 RESPECTFULLY SUBMITTED this 15* day of November, 2006. R
12 RONAN J FIRESTON ‘ ' LC _.., . J 3 R
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14 M ck B. Firestone I Q
15 Veronica L. Manolio ?
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16 Scottsdale, Arizona 85260 I
] Attorneys for the Nelcela Defendants Q
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18 ORIGINAL filed electronically with the Clerk’s Office l
and COPIES electronically transmitted to the following
19 CM/ECF registrants this same date to:
20 Nicholas J. DiCarlo
ndicarlo@£thedcV_r;tirm.com i
2] Local Counsel for Merchant Transaction Systems
22 William Mcliimron l T
‘ mailtaiwilliammckinnon.com
23 Attorney for Merchant Transaction Systems ;
2 4 George C. Chen 2
[email protected] or
25 georgech en{a)brw·ancaxre.com R
Attorneysfor Lexcel, Inc. o
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