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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

FELIPE GARCIA,

Plaintiff,

v.

M. BITER, et al.,

Defendants.

_____________________________________/

Case No. 1:13-cv-00599-LJO-SKO (PC)

ORDER GRANTING DEFENDANTS’ 

MOTION TO STRIKE PLAINTIFF’S 

SECOND OPPOSITION/SURREPLY TO 

MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT

(Docs. 73, 75)

Plaintiff Felipe Garcia, a state prisoner proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis, filed this 

civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 on April 25, 2013. On October 1, 2015, 

Defendants filed a motion for summary judgment. (Doc. 60.) Plaintiff filed an opposition on

October 19, 2015, and Defendants filed their reply on November 2, 2015. (Docs. 63, 72.) 

Defendants= motion to for summary judgment was deemed submitted pursuant to Local

Rule 230(l) on November 2, 2015. However, on November 12, 2015, Plaintiff filed another 

opposition/surreply. (Doc. 73.) Plaintiff does not have a right to file a second opposition/surreply 

under the Local Rules or the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, and Plaintiff did not obtain leave of 

court to do so. 

Therefore, it is HEREBY ORDERED that Defendants’ motion to strike Plaintiff’s 

surreply, filed on November 17, 2015, is GRANTED and Plaintiff=s second opposition/surreply, 

filed on November 12, 2015, is STRICKEN from the record.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: May 9, 2016 /s/ Sheila K. Oberto 

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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