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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

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

KRISTIN HARDY,

Plaintiff,

v.

C. DAVIS, et al.,

Defendants.

No. 2:13-cv-0726 JAM DAD P

ORDER

Plaintiff is a state prisoner proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis in this civil rights 

action filed pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. 

On September 28, 2015, plaintiff filed a motion for entry of defendants Davis, Morris, and 

Zahniser’s default. (ECF No. 57.) Plaintiff is hereby informed that these defendants filed an 

answer on September 15, 2015. (See ECF No. 55.) Accordingly, plaintiff’s motion will be 

denied.

On September 29, 2015, plaintiff filed a motion for a thirty-day extension of time in which 

to file a reply to defendants’ answer. (ECF No. 58.) Plaintiff is hereby informed that, under the

Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, a plaintiff may not ordinarily file a reply to an answer, unless 

ordered to do by the court. Fed. R. Civ. P. 7(a)(7). In the present case, the court finds no basis 

for ordering plaintiff to file a reply to defendants’ answer. Therefore, plaintiff’s motion will be 

denied.

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For the reasons set forth above, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that:

1. Plaintiff’s motion for entry of default (ECF No. 57) is denied.

2. Plaintiff’s motion for a thirty-day extension of time in which to file a reply to 

defendants’ answer (ECF No. 58) is denied.

Dated: October 8, 2015

DAD:10/mp

hard0726.reply.deny

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