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Parties Involved:
Cazadores Grill
Cross Claimant
Joe Hand Promotions, Inc.
Plaintiff
Aquiles Ramirez
Cross Defendant
Claudia Ramirez
Cross Claimant

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

JOE HAND PROMOTIONS, INC.,

Plaintiff,

v.

CLAUDIA RAMIREZ and AQUILES

RAMIREZ, individually and doing business as

CAZADORES GRILL, 

Defendants.

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CASE NO. 1:12-cv-00129-LJO-SMS

ORDER DENYING PLAINTIFF’S MOTION

TO STRIKE AFFIRMATIVE DEFENSES

OF DEFENDANT CLAUDIA RAMIREZ

(Doc. 23) 

Plaintiff Joe Hand Promotions, Inc., by its attorney Thomas P. Riley, petitions this Court

to strike the affirmative defenses of Defendant Claudia Ramirez for failure to satisfy the pleading

standards set forth in Bell Atlantic Corp. v. Twombly, 550 U.S. 544, 555 n. 3 (2007). Plaintiff

contends that Ms. Ramirez’s answer fails to set forth facts supporting her affirmative defenses,

thereby rendering them “boilerplate legal conclusions.”

Having reviewed Plaintiff’s motion, applicable law, and the record as a whole, the Court

disagrees. Although Ms. Ramirez’s answer and cross-claim against Defendant Aquiles Ramirez

is not a masterpiece of legal drafting, the factual background set forth therein (Doc. 17, ¶¶ 47-56)

alleges facts sufficient to support her affirmative defenses.

Accordingly, PLAINTIFF’s motion to strike is hereby DENIED.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: January 2, 2013 /s/ Sandra M. Snyder 

icido3 UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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