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Nature of Suit Code: 443
Nature of Suit: Civil Rights Accommodations
Cause of Action: Americans with Disabilities Act

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

MAURIZIO ANTONINETTI, et al.,

Plaintiff,

Case No. 06cv2671-BTM (WMc)

ORDER RE MOTION TO STRIKE

v.

CHIPOTLE MEXICAN GRILL, INC.,

Defendant.

Defendant’s motion to strike portions of the FAC that reference a Ninth Circuit opinion

in a related case, Antoninetti v. Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc., 614 F.3d 971 (9th Cir. 2010), is

DENIED. Under Fed. R. Civ. P. 12(f), a “court may strike from a pleading an insufficient

defense or any redundant, immaterial, impertinent, or scandalous matter.” Fed. R. Civ. P.

12(f). “Immaterial matter is that which has no essential or important relationship to the claim

for relief or the defenses being pleaded.” Fantasy, Inc. v. Fogerty, 984 F.2d 1524, 1527 (9th

Cir. 1993) (internal quotation marks omitted), overruled on other grounds, 510 U.S. 517

(1994). Because striking is a “drastic remedy,” such motions are disfavored. Jones v. AIG

Risk Mgmt., No. C-10-1374 EMC, 2011 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 46823, at *9-10 (N.D. Cal. May 2,

2011).

The Court finds that language referencing the Ninth Circuit opinion in Antoninetti is not

“immaterial” or otherwise improper and thus DENIES the motion to strike. Defendant’s

argument that this opinion has no preclusive affect on the instant case, see Reply at 2-4, will

not be considered in a motion to strike. The parties may address the issue of issue

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preclusion in a motion for summary judgment after the motion for class certification is

decided.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

DATED: May 16, 2011

Honorable Barry Ted Moskowitz

United States District Judge

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