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Summary: ORDER OVERRULING PLAINTIFF'S OBJECTIONS TO THE STRIKE AND RE-FILE ORDER (ECF #134) AND GRANTING PLAINTIFF'S MOTION FOR EXTENSION (ECF #135) MATTHEW F. LEITMAN , District Judge . On July 19, 2016, the assigned Magistrate Judge issued a Report and Recommendation (the "R&R") in which he suggested that the Court grant summary judgment in favor of Defendants Susan George and Tamara Scheppelman. ( See ECF #127.) On August 29, 2016, Plaintiff Morris Weatherspoon ("Weatherspoon") filed handwritte
Summary: ORDER OVERRULING PLAINTIFF'S OBJECTIONS TO THE STRIKE AND RE-FILE ORDER (ECF #134) AND GRANTING PLAINTIFF'S MOTION FOR EXTENSION (ECF #135) MATTHEW F. LEITMAN , District Judge . On July 19, 2016, the assigned Magistrate Judge issued a Report and Recommendation (the "R&R") in which he suggested that the Court grant summary judgment in favor of Defendants Susan George and Tamara Scheppelman. ( See ECF #127.) On August 29, 2016, Plaintiff Morris Weatherspoon ("Weatherspoon") filed handwritten..
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ORDER OVERRULING PLAINTIFF'S OBJECTIONS TO THE STRIKE AND RE-FILE ORDER (ECF #134) AND GRANTING PLAINTIFF'S MOTION FOR EXTENSION (ECF #135)
MATTHEW F. LEITMAN, District Judge.
On July 19, 2016, the assigned Magistrate Judge issued a Report and Recommendation (the "R&R") in which he suggested that the Court grant summary judgment in favor of Defendants Susan George and Tamara Scheppelman. (See ECF #127.) On August 29, 2016, Plaintiff Morris Weatherspoon ("Weatherspoon") filed handwritten objections to the R&R (the "Objections"). (See ECF #130.) On October 12, 2016, this Court entered an order striking the Objections because they were not reasonably legible and giving Weatherspoon until November 28, 2016 to refile the Objections in a specified legible format (the "Strike and Re-File Order"). (See ECF #132.)
Weatherspoon has now objected to the Strike and Re-File Order and also requested an extension of time to file the re-formatted objections. (See ECF #134, 135.) The Court overrules the objection and grants the request for additional time.
The Strike and Re-File Order was justified and reasonable because the Objections were not reasonably legible. The Objections were exceedingly difficult to read and it would have taken an unjustified amount of time to decipher them. While the Court has struggled through materials submitted by Weatherspoon in the past, it does not have the time to do so now. Moreover, the Strike and Re-File Order was intended to benefit Weatherspoon by insuring that his arguments are presented in a format that the Court can understand. For comparison purposes, the Court has attached to this Order a page from the Objections and a page from Weatherspoon's most recent filings that adhere to the newly-required format. The difference between the two formats is striking. The papers in the newly-required format are legible and understandable; they achieve the precise goal that the Court intended when it entered the Strike and Re-File Order.
Accordingly, Weatherspoon's objection to the Strike and Re-File Order (ECF #134) is OVERRULED. His request for an extension of time to file the re-formatted Objections on December 28, 2016 is GRANTED.
IT IS SO ORDERED.
