Alkutkar

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

HARSH ALKUTKAR, Case No. 22-cv-00422-PJH Plaintiff,

v. ORDER RE: PLAINTIFF’S

ADMINISTRATIVE MOTION FOR

BUMBLE INC., et al., LEAVE TO FILE SUR-REPLY AND

CONTINUE HEARING

Defendants. Re: Dkt. No. 38

13 The court is in receipt of plaintiff’s administrative motion for leave to file a sur-reply in response to what he views as new arguments and evidence presented by defendants in their reply in support of the motion to compel plaintiff to arbitration. See Dkt. 36. Alongside the reply brief, defendants submitted the declaration of Christian Wong with exhibits introducing metadata and other evidence purporting to show plaintiff’s activity on the Bumble app. See Dkt. 36-1. Plaintiff contends that this evidence and the arguments that follow are “crucial” to defendants’ success on their motion to compel arbitration. Dkt. 38 at 5. “[A] district court does not abuse its discretion when, before considering new evidence attached to…