Usher

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

RAYMOND ALFORD BRADFORD, Case No. 1:17-cv-01128-SAB (PC)

Plaintiff, ORDER DENYING DEFENDANTS’

MOTION TO DISMISS AND DENYING

v. PLAINTIFF’S MOTION TO STRIKE

USHER, et al., (ECF Nos. 36, 39, 41, 46)

Defendants. TWENTY DAY DEADLINE

14 Raymond Alford Bradford (“Plaintiff”), a state prisoner, is appearing pro se and in forma pauperis in this civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Currently before the Court is Defendants’ motion to dismiss the complaint and Plaintiff’s motion to strike which are submitted on the papers pursuant to the Local Rules of the Eastern District of California. L.R. 230(l). For the reasons discussed below, Defendants’ motion to dismiss shall be denied. I. PROCEDURAL HISTORY Plaintiff filed a complaint in this action on August 22, 2017. (ECF No. 1.) On October 19, 2017, Plaintiff consented to the jurisdiction of the magistrate judge. (ECF No. 8.) On…