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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

THOMAS JOHN CARLSON,

Plaintiff,

v.

R. HANSEN, et al.,

Defendants.

_____________________________________/

Case No. 1:10-cv-00759-LJO-SKO (PC)

ORDER STRIKING REPLY TO ANSWER

(Doc. 82)

On September 15, 2014, Plaintiff Thomas John Carlson, a state prisoner proceeding pro se

in this civil rights action brought pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983, filed a reply to Defendants Worth, 

Newton, Rodriquez, Vega, Monroy, Angulo, Madrid, O=Brien, Abraham, Alvarado, Chan, Garza, 

Ikeni, McCave, and Villa’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.

Accordingly, Plaintiff=s reply to Defendants’ answer, filed on September 15, 2014, is 

HEREBY ORDERED STRICKEN from the record.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: September 22, 2014 /s/ Sheila K. Oberto 

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

Case 1:10-cv-00759-LJO-SKO Document 84 Filed 09/22/14 Page 1 of 1