Alaska Employment Law

Judge Timothy Burgess forcefully drew counsel’s attention to proper citation style in this Minute Order, yesterday:

On January 11, 2008, the defendant, Brown Shoe Co., moved for reconsideration of this Court’s order denying summary judgment as to the issue of race-based discrimination. Defendant’s citations to the record, however, are not in accordance with this Court’s rules. This Court’s Local Civil Rule 10.1(i) provides: “A reference to a specific part of another pleading, motion, or paper must include the document number and page assigned by the CM/ECF System.”

If Defendant wants this Court to consider its citations to the record in support of its motion, it must cite to this Court’s record, such as, “Docket No. ___ at ___,” in the CM/ECF System.  Defendant will be given until February 19, 2008 to re-file its motion for reconsideration, with corrected citations to the record, or its motion will be decided without consideration of those citations.

Green v. Brown Shoe Co., Case No. 3:06-cv-00204-TMB (D.Alaska)(Minute Order of Feb. 13, 2008).