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Monday, January 30, 2006
Ind. Decisions - Summary judgment practice is topic of SD Ind. ruling posted today
Thomas Carter v. Citizens Gas is the subject of Magistrate Tim A. Baker's just posted, but dated 1/19/06, 6-page ruling on pending motions that begins:
This Court’s local rules were amended in 2002 to provide much-needed streamlining of what had become a rather cumbersome and unwieldy summary judgment process. These amendments were not overly complicated, yet this case demonstrates that summary judgment practice in this district continues to go astray from time to time. As a result, the quest for consistently focused and streamlined summary judgment briefing remains elusive.In the present case, two motions to strike have been filed in connection with the summary judgment briefing. A review of these motions and related filings reveals that Plaintiff’s counsel does not adequately comprehend the revised summary judgment process, so some clarification of this procedure is in order.
Posted by Marcia Oddi on January 30, 2006 07:09 PM
Posted to Ind Fed D.Ct. Decisions