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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

CARLOS VILLEGAS,

Plaintiff,

v.

MATHEW CATE, et al.,

Defendants.

_____________________________________/

Case No. 1:10-cv-01917-AWI-SKO (PC)

ORDER STRIKING REPLY TO ANSWER

(Doc. 45)

Plaintiff Carlos Villegas, a state prisoner proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis, filed 

this civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 on October 14, 2010. This action is 

proceeding on Plaintiff’s amended complaint against Defendant Neubarth for acting with 

deliberate indifference to Plaintiff’s serious medical needs, in violation of the Eighth Amendment 

of the United States Constitution.

On March 19, 2014, Plaintiff filed a reply to Defendant’s answer. Neither the Federal 

Rules of Civil Procedure nor the Local Rules provides for a reply to an answer, absent an order 

from the Court requiring one. Fed. R. Civ. P. 7(a)(7). In this case, the Court did not order a reply 

to the answer, and Plaintiff=s reply is HEREBY STRICKEN from the record.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: March 24, 2014 /s/ Sheila K. Oberto 

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

Case 1:10-cv-01917-SKO Document 46 Filed 03/24/14 Page 1 of 1