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Nature of Suit Code: 550
Nature of Suit: Prisoner - Civil Rights (U.S. defendant)
Cause of Action: 42:1983 Prisoner Civil Rights

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

Kenneth Wilson Norwood, 

Plaintiff, 

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Suzan Hubbard, et al., 

Defendants. 

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No. 1:07-CV-00889-SMM

ORDER

Before the Court is Plaintiff’s Reply to all of the Defendants’ Answer (Dkt. 49), which

the Court will strike. Plaintiff’s Reply consists of 53 pages of argument and 270 pages of

attachments. The attachments contain previous Court orders, newspaper articles, published

case law, and various other documents. Plaintiff contends that Federal Rule of Civil

Procedure 12(c)(2) requires him to file a reply to a counterclaim within twenty days after

being served. However, “Rule 12(c)(2)” does not exist in the Federal Rules of Civil

Procedure. 

Plaintiff may be referring to Rule 12(a)(1)(B), which requires a party to “serve an

answer to a counterclaim . . . within 21 days after being served with the pleading that states

the counterclaim . . .” Fed. R. Civ. P. 12(a)(1)(B) (emphasis added). Regardless, Rule

12(a)(1)(B) does not apply. Defendants Carter, Covarrubias, Brandon, Canedo, Frescura,

Gonzales, Keener, Pascua, Price, Koelher, and Morales answered Plaintiff’s Second

Amended Complaint (Dkt. 43), which Defendant Maldonado joined in (Dkt. 44). None of

the Defendants stated a counterclaim against Plaintiff. Therefore, Plaintiff may not serve a

“reply” to a counterclaim when no counterclaim is asserted against him.

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Accordingly,

IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that Plaintiff’s Reply to Defendants’ Answer (Dkt. 49)

is STRICKEN.

DATED this 15th day of March, 2010.

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