Motions to Strike
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Motions to strike are strongly disfavored. See generally Custom Vehicles, Inc. v. Forest River,
Inc., 464 F.3d 725, 727 (7th Cir. 2006) (Easterbrook, J., in chambers). They serve primarily as
unauthorized vehicles for parties to expand the page limits for memoranda in support of their
motions. The Court is capable of discerning if a new argument has been raised in a reply brief,
or if a litigant has failed to comply with the requirements of Local Rule 56.1; such errors do not
require supplemental motion practice. If a party believes that the other side's brief contains
inaccurate facts or that the other side's Local Rule 56.1 statement (in summary-judgment
briefing) contains an unsupported assertion, then the complaining party should so argue in the
response or reply brief, or in the responsive 56.1 statement. Motions to strike that are not
within the limited boundaries established by Fed. R. Civ. P. 12(f) will be summarily denied.
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