Kitt

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

JONGPIL PARK, Case No. 1:19-cv-01551-AWI-HBK (PC)

Plaintiff, ORDER GRANTING IN PART AND

DENYING IN PART PLAINTIFF’S

v.

MOTIONS TO STRIKE DEFENDANTS’

VICTOR V. KITT, ET AL., AFFIRMATIVE DEFENSES

Defendants. (Doc. Nos. 24, 25)

16 Plaintiff Jongpil Park, a state prisoner, initiated this action by filing a pro se civil rights complaint under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 on October 31, 2019. Before the Court are plaintiff’s motions to strike several of defendants’ affirmative defenses. I. BACKGROUND 21 Two defendants are named in plaintiff’s complaint: Victor V. Kitt, an ENT Specialist at 22 California Substance Abuse Treatment Facility in Corcoran (“Kitt”), and Adventist Health 23 Bakersfield, which performs surgery at California Substance Abuse Treatment Facility in 24 Corcoran (“Adventist” and collectively, “defendants”). See Doc. No. 1. In two causes of action 25 for violation of the Eighth Amendment, one against each defendant,…