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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

ROBERT FRANKLIN,

Plaintiff, No. CIV S-07-0656 RRB KJM P

vs.

BUTLER, et al., 

Defendants. ORDER

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Petitioner is a state prison inmate proceeding pro se with a civil rights action

under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. On February 6, 2008, defendants filed a motion to dismiss. Plaintiff

filed his opposition on February 28 and defendants filed a reply on March7, 2008. On March 21,

2008, plaintiff filed an opposition to defendants’ reply. Defendants have moved to strike this

latter pleading. 

When a party has raised new arguments or presented new evidence in a reply to

an opposition, the court may permit the other party to counter the new arguments or evidence. 

El Pollo Loco v. Hashim, 316 F.3d 1032, 1040-41 (9th Cir. 2003). Defendants’ reply does not

present new arguments or new evidence; it simply counters the matters raised in the opposition.

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IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED that defendants’ motion to strike plaintiff’s surreply (docket no. 34) is granted and plaintiff’s opposition to defendants’ reply (docket no. 33) is

stricken from the record. 

DATED: April 1, 2008. 

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