Case 2:24-cv-04837-FLA-MAR Document 116 Filed 03/05/26 Page 1 of 3 Page ID #:4141 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 11 MICHAEL GRECCO PRODUCTIONS, Case No. 2:24-cv-04837-FLA (MARx) INC., 12 ORDER STRIKING PLAINTIFF’S Plaintiff, 13 MOTION FOR PARTIAL v. SUMMARY JUDGMENT 14 [DKTS. 68, 69] AND DEFENDANT’S 15 MOTION FOR PARTIAL TIKTOK INC., SUMMARY JUDGMENT [DKT. 70] 16 Defendant. AND DENYING RELATED SEALING APPLICATIONS AS 17 MOOT [DKTS. 72, 76, 85, 88, 92, 98] 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 1 Case 2:24-cv-04837-FLA-MAR Document 116 Filed 03/05/26 Page 2 of 3 Page ID #:4142 1 On August 22, 2025, Plaintiff Michael Grecco Productions, Inc. (“Plaintiff”) 2 filed a Motion for Partial Summary Judgment (Dkt. 68, “Plaintiff’s Sealed MSJ” and 3 Dkt. 69, “Plaintiff’s MSJ”). On the same day, Defendant TikTok Inc. (“Defendant”) 4 filed a Motion for Partial Summary Judgment (Dkt. 70, “Defendant’s MSJ”). 5 Plaintiff and Defendant (together, the “Parties”) have not complied with the 6 court’s instruction to meet and confer and determine which party will move and which 7 will oppose the one motion for summary judgment. Instead, the Parties have filed 8 cross-motions for summary judgment, which is prohibited under the court’s Initial 9 Standing Order (“Order”).1 Dkt. 10 at 8–9 (“[T]he court will not entertain cross- 10 motions that seek to adjudicate the same legal issues. If the parties wish to cross- 11 move for summary judgment, their counsel shall meet and confer to determine which 12 party will move and which will oppose the one motion for summary judgment.”). 13 Because both Parties violated the court’s Order, the court STRIKES Plaintiff’s Sealed 14 MSJ, Plaintiff’s MSJ, and Defendant’s MSJ (Dkts. 68, 69, and 70). All of the Parties’ 15 sealing applications in relation to the motions for summary judgment (Dkts. 72, 76, 16 85, 88, 92, and 98) are DENIED as moot. 17 The Parties are ORDERED to meet and confer regarding which party will file 18 an initial motion for summary judgment, and which will then file an opposition and 19 motion for summary judgment. In other words, the party filing first (“Party A”) may 20 file a motion for summary judgment (“Renewed First Motion”). The party filing 21 second (“Party B”) may file a combined opposition to the motion and motion for 22 summary judgment (“Renewed Second Motion”). Party A may then file a combined 23 reply supporting the Renewed First Motion and opposition to the Renewed Second 24 Motion. Party B may then file a reply supporting the Renewed Second Motion. The 25 26 1 The Parties are advised that the court expects them to comply fully with all statutory 27 requirements, court rules, and court orders, and that failure to so comply may result in the imposition of sanctions up to and including the dismissal of the action or the 28 striking of documents and pleadings. 2 Case 2:24-cv-04837-FLA-MAR Document 116 Filed 03/05/26 Page 3 of 3 Page ID #:4143 1 Parties shall conform to the following briefing schedule, and the court leaves it to the 2 Parties to determine which party shall be Party A and which shall be Party B. The 3 court will then take the parties’ motions under submission upon the filing of Party B’s 4 reply. 5 6 Party Deadline Briefings 7 Party A April 3, 2026 Renewed First Motion 8 Party B April 17, 2026 Opposition to Renewed First Motion and Renewed 9 Second Motion 10 Party A May 1, 2026 Reply Supporting Renewed First Motion and 11 Opposition to Renewed Second Motion 12 Party B May 15, 2026 Reply Supporting Renewed Second Motion 13 14 To ease the court’s review, Party B should file only one set of exhibits in 15 support of its combined Renewed Second Motion and Opposition to Renewed First 16 Motion and a combined separate statement of genuine disputes of material 17 fact/additional uncontroverted facts. Party A should file only one set of exhibits in 18 support of its combined Reply Supporting Renewed First Motion and Opposition to 19 Renewed Section Motion. 20 21 IT IS SO ORDERED. 22 23 Dated: March 5, 2026 _______________________________ FERNANDO L. AENLLE-ROCHA 24 United States District Judge 25 26 27 28 3