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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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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

Plaintiff Juan Matias Torres is appearing pro se and in forma pauperis in this civil rights action 

pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. 

This action is proceeding against Defendants Michael Harris, Rumulo Garza, and Y. Arnold on 

Plaintiff’s claim of excessive force, against Defendant “John Doe” for unreasonable search, against 

Defendants D. Fernandez for retaliation, and against Defendants B. Garza and M. Pallares for a due 

process violation. 

On February 4, 2015, Defendants R. Garza, Pallares, Arnold, Fernandez, Harris, and B. Garza, 

filed an answer to the complaint. On February 20, 2015, Plaintiff filed a reply to Defendants’ answer.

Rule 7 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure provides as follows:

There shall be a complaint and an answer; a reply to a counterclaim denominated as 

such; an answer to a cross-claim, if the answer contains a cross-claim; a third-party 

complaint, if a person who was not an original party is summoned under the provisions 

of Rule 14; and a third-party answer, if a third-party complaint is served. No other 

JUAN MATIAS TORRES,

 Plaintiff,

v.

RALPH M. DIAZ, et al.,

Defendants.

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Case No.: 1:14-cv-00492-SAB (PC)

ORDER STRIKING PLAINTIFF’S REPLY 

TO ANSWER

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pleading shall be allowed, except that the court may order a reply to an answer or a 

third-party answer.

Fed. R. Civ. P. 7(a). Because the Court did not order Plaintiff to reply to answer, Plaintiff’s reply is 

HEREBY STRICKEN from the record. 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: February 23, 2015 

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

 

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