Guthrie

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

8 9 LORENA GUTHRIE, Case No. 1:18-cv-0282-BAM Plaintiff, ORDER DENYING DEFENDANT’S MOTION

FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT AND DENYING

v. MOTIONS TO STRIKE

MICHAEL CARVAJAL, Director of the (Doc. 65, 74, 79.) Federal Bureau of Prisons, 14 Defendant. 15 16 Currently before the Court is a motion for summary judgment filed by Defendant Michael Carvajal (“Defendant”) pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 56. (Doc. 65). Also pending before the Court are: (1) Plaintiff Lorena Guthrie’s (“Plaintiff”) Request to Seal Documents (Doc. 72); (2) Defendant’s Motion to Strike and Evidentiary Objections to Plaintiff’s Opposition to Summary Judgment (Doc. 74): and (3) Plaintiff’s Motion to Strike New Arguments Raised for the First Time in the Defendant’s Reply Brief and Motion to Strike Portions as an Improper Motion for Reconsideration (Doc. 79). The matter was heard before Magistrate Judge Barbara A. McAuliffe via video conference on February 19, 2021. Counsel Kevin Little…