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Nature of Suit Code: 550
Nature of Suit: Prisoner - Civil Rights (U.S. defendant)
Cause of Action: 28:1983 Civil Rights

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

ORLANDO MARTIN,

Plaintiff, No. CIV S-05-0557 DFL JFM P

vs.

ALVARO C. TRAQUINA, et al.,

Defendants. ORDER

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Plaintiff is a state prisoner proceeding pro se in this civil rights action for relief

pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. On March 10, 2006, plaintiff filed a document styled “Objection

to Defendants Reply to Second Amended Complaint & Request for Qualified Immunity.” The

court construes this document as a reply to defendants’ answers to plaintiff’s second amended

complaint. 

Rule 7 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure provides as follows:

There shall be a complaint and an answer; a reply to a counterclaim

denominated as such; an answer to a cross-claim, if the answer contains a

cross-claim; a third-party complaint, if a person who was not an original

party is summoned under the provisions of Rule 14; and a third-party

answer, if a third-party complaint is served. No other pleading shall be

allowed, except that the court may order a reply to an answer or a thirdparty answer. 

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Fed. R. Civ. P. 7(a) (emphasis added). The court has not ordered plaintiff to reply to defendants’

answer and declines to make such an order. 

Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that plaintiff’s March 10, 2006

“Objection to Defendants Reply to Second Amended Compliant & Request for Qualified

Immunity” shall be disregarded. 

DATED: May 24, 2006.

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