Unlike with R&Rs on dispositive matters, the magistrate judges do not typically flag the deadline for objections to non-dispositive orders. No surprise, then, that attorneys sometimes seem to forget that parties can object to even non-dispositive rulings by magistrate judges under FRCP 72(a). Yesterday Judge Williams overruled such an objection to a non-dispositive order by Magistrate Judge Burke.
As Nate discussed last month, Judge Burke had granted a motion to strike a late-disclosed disclosure-dedication argument, because the party making the argument had never disclosed it in response to a contention interrogatory, and instead (apparently) held it until the summary judgment stage.
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