Jones
(PC) Mills v. Jones
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 THOMAS K. MILLS, Case No. 1:21-cv-01193-DAD-HBK Plaintiff, ORDER DENYING PLAINTIFF’S MOTION
TO REPLY TO DEFENDANTS’ ANSWER
v. (Doc. No. 60) I. Z. JONES, J. RIVERA, Defendants. 16 Pending before the Court is Plaintiff’s Motion to file a Reply to Defendants’ Answer to Plaintiff’s First Amended Complaint. (Doc. No. 60). Defendants did not file a response in opposition. See generally docket. The Court nonetheless denies the Motion. Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 7(a) identifies the types of pleadings which are allowed. Fed. R. Civ. P. 7(a). Parties are only permitted to file a reply “if the court orders one.” Fed. R. Civ. P. 7(a)(7). A reply is not permitted as a right. Leave to file a reply, or to compel a reply, requires the moving party to make clear and convincing reasons or show extraordinary circumstances why a reply is necessary. Moviecolor, Ltd. v. Eastman Kodak Co., 24 F.R.D. 325, 326 (S.D. N.Y. 1959) (“that a reply…