Order Permitting Consolidated Briefing And Extending Page

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An unsigned order permitting consolidated briefing and extending page limits and deadlines, filed February 26, 2025 as Document 63-1 in United States of America ex rel. Paul Pietschner v. Kathryn Petralia, Robert Frohwein and Spencer Robinson, Civil Action No. 4:21-cv-110-SDJ, in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas, Sherman Division. It addresses the parties' joint motion for leave to file consolidated briefing and for extensions of page limits and deadlines. The order would allow a joint motion to dismiss brief of up to 30 pages, individual motion briefs of up to 25 pages, matching government responses, and replies of up to 15 and 10 pages. It would set the government's opposition briefs for April 17, 2025, the defendants' replies for May 9, 2025, and any government sur-replies for May 30, 2025. The document is two pages.

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Case 4:21-cv-00110-SDJ          Document 63-1       Filed 02/26/25      Page 1 of 2 PageID #: 422




                          IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
                           FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS
                                   SHERMAN DIVISION


  UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
  ex rel. PAUL PIETSCHNER,

  Plaintiff,
                                                    Civil Action No.: 4:21-cv-110-SDJ
  v.

  KATHRYN PETRALIA;
  ROBERT FROHWEIN; and
  SPENCER ROBINSON,

  Defendants.


       ORDER PERMITTING CONSOLIDATED BRIEFING AND EXTENDING PAGE
                          LIMITS AND DEADLINES

          THIS MATTER comes before the Court on the Parties’ Joint Motion for (A) Leave to

 File Consolidated Briefing, (B) Extension of Page Limits; and (C) Extension of Deadlines, and

 the Court, having considered the same and finding that granting the requested relief will promote

 judicial efficiency, orders as follows:


       a. Defendants may file a brief in support of a joint motion to dismiss not to exceed 30 pages

          addressing issues common to all Defendants;

       b. Each Defendant may file a brief in support of individual motions to dismiss not to exceed

          25 pages addressing issues specific to each Defendant;

       c. The government may file a response to Defendants’ joint motion to dismiss not to exceed

          30 pages;

       d. The government may file a separate response to each individual Defendant’s motion to

          dismiss not to exceed 25 pages;
Case 4:21-cv-00110-SDJ       Document 63-1       Filed 02/26/25     Page 2 of 2 PageID #: 423




    e. Defendants may file a reply in support of their joint motion to dismiss not to exceed 15

       pages;

    f. Each defendant may file a separate reply in support of their individual motion to dismiss

       not to exceed 10 pages;

    g. The government may file sur-replies, if any, in accordance with the Local Rules, in

       response to the joint motion not to exceed 15 pages, and in response to individual motions

       to dismiss not to exceed 10 pages each;

    h. The government’s opposition briefs will be due on April 17, 2025, the Defendants’ reply

       briefs will be due on May 9, 2025; and any sur-replies filed by the government will be due

       on May 30, 2025.


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