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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA RAYMOND ALFORD BRADFORD, ) Case No.: 1:17-cv-01128-SAB (PC) ) Plaintiff, ) v. ) ) O RER PD LE YR TS OT R DI EK FIN ENG D P AL NA TIN ST ’ I AF NF’ SS W S EE RC OND

C. OGBUEHI, et al. ) [ECF No. 70] ) Defendants. ) ) )

Plaintiff Raymond Alford Bradford is a state prisoner proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis in this civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. On May 19, 2020, Plaintiff filed a second reply to Defendants’ answer to the complaint. (ECF No. 70.) The Court has not ordered any reply to Defendants’ answer in this case. Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 7 lists all pleadings that are permitted, including “if the court orders one, a reply to an answer.” Fed. R. Civ. P. 7(a)(7) (emphasis added). No request to file a reply to the answer was sought or granted in this case, and therefore Plaintiff’s reply must be stricken.1 /// /// /// 25 26 1 A…