Federal Deposit Ins. Corp. v. Frazier

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

EARL E. O’CONNOR, Chief Judge.

This matter comes before the court on plaintiff’s motion to disqualify defendant’s counsel. During the course of briefing the motion, defendant filed a motion to strike plaintiff’s reply brief as untimely. Because an attorney’s dilatory filing of any brief may deprive his or her client of an opportunity to convince the court on a particular issue, such delay is certainly not encouraged. As a matter of practice, however, we normally consider any brief submitted prior to our ruling. Because plaintiff’s reply brief was received well before we…