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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

ANDREW A. CEJAS,

Plaintiff,

vs.

W.K. MYERS, et al., 

Defendants.

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1:12cv00271 AWI DLB PC

ORDER STRIKING PLAINTIFF’S 

REPLY TO ANSWER

(Document 66)

Plaintiff Andrew Cejas (“Plaintiff”) is a prisoner proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis 

in this civil rights action pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1983. 

Defendants filed their answer on May 11, 2015.

On May 26, 2015, Plaintiff filed a pleading entitled, “Plaintiff Answering Defendant 

Pimentel’s Document 59,” in which he purports to respond to Defendant Pimentel’s answer.

Neither the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure nor the Local Rules provide for a reply to an 

answer, absent an order from the Court requiring one. Fed. R. Civ. P. 7(a). In this case, the 

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Court did not order a reply to the answer. Accordingly, Plaintiff’s reply to Defendant Pimentel’s 

answer is HEREBY ORDERED STRICKEN from the record.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: May 27, 2015 /s/ Dennis L. Beck 

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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