Gonzalez

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 LARIZA GONZALEZ, individually and ) Case No.: 23cv2368-BEN-DEB on behalf of herself and all others ) 12 similarly situated, ) ORDER DENYING PLAINTIFF’S ) MOTION TO STRIKE Plaintiff, ) 14 v. ) )

MONTEREY FINANCIAL SERVICES,

) LLC, ) Defendant. ) Before the Court is Plaintiff’s Motion to Strike. Defendant filed an opposition. After considering the papers submitted, Plaintiff’s Motion to Strike is denied. Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 12(f) allows a court to strike from a pleading an insufficient defense or any redundant, immaterial, impertinent, or scandalous matter. The purpose of a Rule 12(f) motion “is to avoid the expenditure of time and money that must arise from litigating spurious issues by dispensing with those issues prior to trial.” Whittlestone, Inc. v. Handi-Craft Co., 618 F.3d 970, 973 (9th Cir. 2010) (internal quotation marks omitted). …