Rodriguez

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 RICHARD J. CRANE, No. 2:15-cv-0208 TLN KJN P Plaintiff, v. ORDER RODRIGUEZ, et al., Defendants. 16 Plaintiff is a state prisoner, proceeding without counsel. Plaintiff’s motion to strike defendants’ motions for summary judgment and his motion to modify the scheduling order are before the court. As discussed below, both motions are denied. Motion to Strike Plaintiff filed a motion to strike defendants’ motions for summary judgment, claiming that “the court made a decree that plaintiff had won summary judgment on exhaustion,” and thus is barred by the “law of the case” doctrine. (ECF No. 253 at 5.) The motion is fully briefed. (ECF Nos. 255, 262.) ////

Defendant Weeks filed a motion for summary judgment on May 21, 2021; the remaining defendants, sometimes referred as the “group defendants,” filed their motion on May 7, 2021. (ECF Nos. 236, 240.) “The court may strike from a pleading an…