Thornton v. Jackson

ORDER

TIMOTHY C. BATTEN, SR., District Judge.

This case comes before the Court on Defendants’ motion for summary judgment [49],

I. Procedural Issues

Before addressing the merits of Defendants’ motion, the Court must address procedural issues created by Plaintiffs Christopher and Tiffany Thornton’s brief in opposition to Defendants’ motion.

A. Format of Brief and Page Limit

Local Rule 5.1(C)(2) requires briefs to be “double-spaced between lines.” Although counsel for the Thorntons certifies at the end of the brief that the brief complies with this rule, it does not. At best, the brief has 1.5…