Free Order - District Court of Delaware - Delaware

Case 1:04-cv-00163-GMS

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Filed 04/07/2006

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF DELAWARE Donald M. Durkin Contracting, Inc., Plaintiff, v. City of Newark, et al., Defendants. ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

C.A. No. 04-163 (GMS)

ORDER WHEREAS on December 6, 2005, third-party defendant URS Corporation ("URS") filed a motion to dismiss; WHEREAS briefing on that matter was completed on January 3, 2006; WHEREAS on April 5, 2006, URS filed an argumentative letter concerning its motion; WHEREAS the letter of April 5 constitutes impermissible briefing under Local Rule 7.1.2(c), and as such, must be stricken; WHEREAS the court is also in receipt of a letter dated March 16, 2006, purportedly submitted on behalf of counsel for all parties, requesting that the court accelerate its deliberations regarding an outstanding discovery dispute; WHEREAS the parties will note that the court has expended an inordinate amount of time and effort on this matter relative to the several-hundred open cases on its docket; and WHEREAS the court will not tolerate further submissions of this sort. IT IS HEREBY ORDERED THAT: 1. 2. URS' submission of April 5 (D.I. 131) be STRICKEN; and The parties REFRAIN from making further requests of the type submitted on March 16 (D.I. 125).

Dated: April 7, 2006

/s/ Gregory M. Sleet UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE