Lewis

1 2 3 4 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 5 NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 7 SAMUEL LEWIS, et al., Case No. 25-cv-03398-HSG 8 Plaintiffs, ORDER GRANTING IN PART AND

DENYING IN PART PLAINTIFFS’

9 v. MOTION TO STRIKE 10 HILLTOP GROUP, L.P., et al., Re: Dkt. No. 22 11 Defendants. 12 13 Pending before the Court is Plaintiffs’ motion to strike affirmative defenses. Dkt. No. 22 14 (“Mot.”); Dkt. No. 23 (“Opp.”); Dkt. No. 24 (“Reply”). The Court finds this matter appropriate 15 for disposition without oral argument, and the matter is deemed submitted. See Civil L.R. 7-1(b). 16 For the reasons detailed below, the Court GRANTS IN PART and DENIES IN PART the 17 motion to strike. 18 I. BACKGROUND 19 Plaintiffs Samuel Lewis and Patricia Olison filed this class action complaint in April 2025, 20 alleging that Defendants have failed to keep their senior community safe and refused to grant 21 reasonable accommodation requests. See Dkt. No. 1 (“Compl.”) ¶¶ 1, 3. Plaintiffs bring claims 22 for violation of FEHA, the FHA,…