Owens v. Degazio, 2:16-cv-2750 JAM KJN P. (2018)
Court: District Court, E.D. California
Number: infdco20180611548
Visitors: 21
Filed: Jun. 08, 2018
Latest Update: Jun. 08, 2018
Summary: ORDER KENDALL J. NEWMAN , District Judge . Plaintiff is a state prisoner proceeding pro se in this civil rights action for relief pursuant to 42 U.S.C. 1983. On May 11, 2018, plaintiff filed a reply to defendants' answer. (ECF No. 81.) Pending before the court is defendants' motion to strike plaintiff's reply to the answer. (ECF No. 82.) Rule 7(a) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure provides: (a) Pleadings. Only these pleadings are allowed: (1) a complaint; (2) an answer to a comp
Summary: ORDER KENDALL J. NEWMAN , District Judge . Plaintiff is a state prisoner proceeding pro se in this civil rights action for relief pursuant to 42 U.S.C. 1983. On May 11, 2018, plaintiff filed a reply to defendants' answer. (ECF No. 81.) Pending before the court is defendants' motion to strike plaintiff's reply to the answer. (ECF No. 82.) Rule 7(a) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure provides: (a) Pleadings. Only these pleadings are allowed: (1) a complaint; (2) an answer to a compl..
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ORDER
KENDALL J. NEWMAN, District Judge.
Plaintiff is a state prisoner proceeding pro se in this civil rights action for relief pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. On May 11, 2018, plaintiff filed a reply to defendants' answer. (ECF No. 81.) Pending before the court is defendants' motion to strike plaintiff's reply to the answer. (ECF No. 82.)
Rule 7(a) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure provides:
(a) Pleadings. Only these pleadings are allowed:
(1) a complaint;
(2) an answer to a complaint;
. . .
(7) if the court orders one, a reply to an answer.
Fed. R. Civ. P. 7(a) (emphasis added).
The court did not order plaintiff to reply to defendants' answer and declines to make such an order. For these reasons, defendants' motion to strike is granted.
Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that defendants' motion to strike plaintiff's reply to the answer (ECF No. 82) is granted.
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