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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 Mark Hunt is appearing pro se and in forma pauperis in this civil rights action 

pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. 

Currently before the Court is Plaintiff’s reply to Defendants’ answer, filed on March 24, 2020, 

but docketed on March 25, 2020. (ECF No. 35.) 

On March 23, 2012, Plaintiff filed a motion for an extension of time to file a reply to Defendants’ 

answer. (ECF No. 33.) 

On March 24, 2012, the undersigned signed an order denying Plaintiff’s motion for an extension 

of time to file a reply because it was not previously ordered or granted in this case; however, the order 

was not docketed until March 25, 2012-after Plaintiff’s reply was docketed in this case. (ECF No. 34.) 

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As stated in the Court’s March 25, 2012 order, the Court has not ordered any reply to Defendants’

MARK HUNT,

 Plaintiff,

v.

D. DIAZ, et al.,

Defendants.

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Case No.: 1:19-cv-00504-DAD-SAB (PC)

ORDER STRIKING PLAINTIFF’S REPLY TO 

DEFENDANTS’ ANSWER

[ECF No. 35]

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answer in this case. Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 7 lists all pleadings that are permitted, including 

“if the court orders one, a reply to an answer.” Fed. R. Civ. P. 7(a)(7) (emphasis added). No request to 

file a reply to the answer was granted in this case, and therefore Plaintiff’s reply to the answer is 

STRICKEN from the record. See Fort Indep. Indian Cmty. v. California, No. CIV.S-08-432-LKK-KJM, 

2008 WL 6579737, at *1 (E.D. Cal. June 24, 2008) (A plaintiff rarely needs to file any reply to an 

answer, “because the allegations in pleadings not requiring a response—e.g., the answer—are already 

automatically deemed denied or avoided under Rule 8(b)(6).”).

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: March 26, 2020 

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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