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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

VALENTINE E. UNDERWOOD,

Plaintiff,

v.

M. KNOWLES, et al.,

Defendants.

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1:08-cv-00986-GSA-PC

ORDER STRIKING PLAINTIFF’S SURREPLY

(Doc. 64.)

Valentine E. Underwood ("Plaintiff") is a state prisoner proceeding pro se with this civil

rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. This action now proceeds on Plaintiff's original

complaint, filed July 17, 2008, against defendants Northcutt and Martin for retaliation in violation

of the First Amendment, and against defendants Northcutt, Martin, Caviness, Lantz, Trujullo, Truitt,

and Fambrough for use of excessive force in violation of the Eighth Amendment.1

On July 21, 2010, defendants Lantz, Fambrough, Northcutt, Truitt and Trujillo

("Defendants") filed a motion to dismiss this action for failure to exhaust remedies. (Doc. 54.) 

Plaintiff filed an opposition on September 20, 2010, and Defendants filed a reply on September 24,

2010. (Docs. 61, 62.) On October 8, 2010, Plaintiff filed a surreply. (Doc. 64.)

The Local Rules provide for a motion, an opposition, and a reply. Neither the Local Rules

nor the Federal Rules provide the right to file a surreply, and the Court neither requested one nor

All other claims and defendants were dismissed by the Court on October 21, 2009. (Doc. 31.)

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granted a request on the behalf of Plaintiff to file one. Accordingly, Plaintiff’s surreply, filed

October 8, 2010, shall be stricken from the record. 

Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that Plaintiff’s surreply, filed October 8, 2010, is

STRICKEN from the Court’s record.

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

Dated: December 15, 2010 /s/ Gary S. Austin 

6i0kij UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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