Doe et al. v. Ursuline High School et al.

PEARSON, J.
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
NORTHERN DISTRICT OF OHIO
EASTERN DIVISION
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JANE DOE, et al., ) CASE NO. 4:25-CV-01822
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Plaintiffs, )
) JUDGE BENITA Y. PEARSON
v. )
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URSULINE HIGH SCHOOL, et al., ) MEMORANDUM OF OPINION
) AND ORDER
Defendants. ) [Resolving ECF No.78]
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The Court considers Defendants Catholic Diocese of Youngstown, Ursuline High School,
Matthew Sammartino, Margaret Damore, and John DeSantis’ Motion for Leave to Exceed Page
Limitations for their Memorandum in Support of a Motion for Judgment on the Pleadings. See
ECF No. 78. For the reasons below, the motion is granted in part.
Pending the case management conference scheduled for December 17, 2025––see ECF
No. 44––this case remains on a standard litigative track. See Local Rule 16.2. Without prior
approval, memoranda supporting dispositive motions may not exceed twenty pages for standard
cases, thirty pages for complex cases, or fifty pages for mass tort cases. See Local Rule 7.1(f).
Diocese Defendants anticipate filing a motion for judgment on the pleadings and seek permission
to file a supporting memorandum up to fifty pages long. See ECF No. 78 at PageID #: 1339.
Although Plaintiffs’ amended complaint contains 290 pages, approximately 1,500 paragraphs,
and 42 separate causes of action, the legal issues therein are neither complicated nor unique. See
ECF No. 45. Accordingly, there is no reason to prematurely stray beyond the prescribed
boundaries of Local Rule 7.1(f).
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Still, given the volume of claims against them, Diocese Defendants’ Motion for Leave to
Exceed Page Limitations for their Memorandum in Support of Motion for Judgment on the
Pleadings, see ECF No. 78, is granted in part: they are granted permission to file a memorandum
in support up to thirty pages (excluding the requisite table of contents and table of authorities.)
Likewise, Plaintiffs may file a brief in opposition of up to thirty pages in response to the
forthcoming motion.
IT IS SO ORDERED
December 8, 2025 /s/ Benita Y. Pearson
Date Benita Y. Pearson
United States District Judge
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