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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

ANDRE KENNETH STUCKEY,

Plaintiff,

v.

J. JUAREZ, et al.,

Defendants.

Case No. 1:18-cv-01557-LJO-SAB (PC)

ORDER STRIKING PLAINTIFF’S REPLY 

TO DEFENDANTS CHANELO’S AND 

PEACOCK’S ANSWER

(ECF No. 25)

Plaintiff Andre Kenneth Stuckey is a state prisoner proceeding pro se and in forma 

pauperis in this civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. This action is proceeding on 

Plaintiff’s second amended complaint against Defendants Chanelo and Peacock for violation of 

the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. (ECF No. 18.)

On December 5, 2019, Defendants Chanelo and Peacock filed an answer to Plaintiff’s 

second amended complaint. (ECF No. 23.)

On December 30, 2019, Plaintiff filed a “brief in opposition to Defendants’ answer to 

Plaintiff’s second amended complaint.” (ECF No. 25.)

However, a party may not file a responsive pleading to an answer unless the Court orders 

the party to do so. Fed. R. Civ. P. 7(a) (provides that a reply to an answer is only allowed “if the 

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court orders one”). In this case, the Court did not order Plaintiff to file a reply to Defendants’ 

answer and the Court finds that no reply to Defendants’ answer is needed in this case. Therefore, 

Plaintiff’s reply to Defendants’ answer, (ECF No. 25), is HEREBY STRICKEN from the record.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: January 2, 2020 

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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