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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

MARK HUNT, ) Case No.: 1:19-cv-00504-DAD-SAB (PC) ) Plaintiff, ) ) ORDER STRIKING PLAINTIFF’S SECOND v. ) REPLY TO DEFENDANTS’ ANSWER

D. DIAZ, et al., ) [ECF No. 57] ) Defendants. ) ) ) ) )

Plaintiff Mark Hunt 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 Plaintiff’s second reply to Defendants’ answer, filed on October 19, 2020, but docketed on October 21, 2020. (ECF No. 57.) As stated in the Court’s March 26, 2020 order, 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 granted in this case, and…