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1 2 3 4 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 5 NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 7 SHALE WELL, Case No. 25-cv-01894-LJC

8 Plaintiff,

ORDER DENYING MOTION TO

9 v. STRIKE REMEDIES

10 COUNTY OF ALAMEDA, et al. Re: ECF No. 12 Defendants. 11

12 On April 25, 2025, Defendant the County of Alameda (the County) filed a motion to 13 dismiss unrepresented Plaintiff Shale Well’s First Amended Complaint under Rule 12(b)(6) of the 14 Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, and a motion to strike Well’s requests for attorneys’ fees and for 15 injunctive relief under Rule 12(f) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. ECF No. 12. As 16 explained below, courts strike parts of a complaint under Rule 12(f) only in limited circumstances. 17 To focus the parties’ arguments on issues where they are more likely to be useful when the Court 18 considers the motion to dismiss Well’s claims under Rule 12(b)(6), the Court now summarily 19 denies the County’s motion to strike Well’s requests for certain remedies under Rule 12(f). 20 This Order decides only the…