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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

QUINCY SIMS,

Plaintiff,

v.

M. CABRERA,

Defendant.

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Case No. 1:12-cv-01904-LJO-SKO (PC)

ORDER STRIKING REPLY TO ANSWER

(Doc. 25)

Plaintiff Quincy Sims (“Plaintiff”), a state prisoner proceeding pro se and in forma 

pauperis, filed this civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 on November 21, 2012. This 

action for damages is proceeding against Defendant M. Cabrera (“Defendant”) for failing to 

protect Plaintiff from the threat of harm by gang members or affiliates while he was at Kern 

Valley State Prison, in violation of the Eighth Amendment of the United States Constitution. 

On May 1, 2014, Defendant filed an answer to Plaintiff’s amended complaint. (Doc. 16.) 

On May 19, 2014, Plaintiff filed a reply entitled “Motion in Agreement to Defendant Martin 

Cabrera[’s] Demand for a Jury Trial.” (Doc. 25.) In addition to agreeing with the demand for trial 

by jury, Plaintiff addressed Defendant’s answer substantively. However, 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, and in this case, the Court did not order a reply. Fed. R. Civ. P. 7(a)(7).

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Accordingly, Plaintiff=s reply to Defendant’s answer is HEREBY ORDERED STRICKEN 

from the record.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: December 8, 2014 /s/ Sheila K. Oberto 

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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