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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

ST. MICHAEL BALZARINI,

Plaintiff,

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KYLE LEWIS, et al.,

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1:13-cv-00820-LJO-BAM (PC)

ORDER STRIKING PLAINTIFF’S 

SURREPLY

(ECF No. 48)

Plaintiff St. Michael Balzarini (“Plaintiff”), a state prisoner proceeding pro se and in 

forma pauperis, filed this civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 on May 30, 2013. This 

action is proceeding on Plaintiff’s second amended complaint, filed on July 17, 2014, against 

Defendants Ulit and Agtarap for deliberate indifference to serious medical needs in violation of 

the Eighth Amendment of the United States Constitution. 

Pending before the Court is Defendants’ motion for partial summary judgment to revoke 

in forma pauperis status filed on October 3, 2014. Plaintiff filed an opposition on November 13, 

2014, Defendants filed a reply on November 24, 2014, and the motion has been submitted upon 

the record. Local Rule 230(l). However, on January 16, 2015, Plaintiff filed a document entitled 

“Opposition to Motion to Proceed In Forma Pauperis.” (ECF No. 48.) The Court construes this 

filing as a surreply.

No further briefing on Defendants’ motion for summary judgment is permitted absent 

leave of court. The Court did not grant Plaintiff leave to file a surreply and the Court does not 

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desire any further briefing on the motion. Id. Accordingly, Plaintiff’s surreply is HEREBY 

STRICKEN from the record and Defendants’ motion for summary judgment will be addressed in 

due course. Id.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: May 12, 2015 /s/ Barbara A. McAuliffe _

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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