Thomas

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 11 ABOA, LLC, No. 2:22-cv-01381-KJM-DB 12 Plaintiff, ORDER 13 v. Paul Thomas, et al., 1S Defendants. 16 17 In this case arising from a disputed aircraft lease agreement, the parties have filed the 18 | following pleadings: 1) ex parte application for reference to the magistrate judge by plaintiff; 19 | 2) request for judicial notice and sanctions by defendants; 3) motion to vacate the clerk’s entry of 20 | default by plaintiff; 4) unified response and request for declaratory judgment by plaintiff; and 5) 21 | motion in limine by plaintiff. For the reasons below, the court strikes all the above pleadings for 22 | not complying with Local Rules and the court’s standing order. 23 First, plaintiffs ex parte application for reference to the magistrate judge, Ex Parte Appl., 24 | ECF No. 28, does not comply with this court’s standing order on ex parte applications, Standing 25 | Order at 5, ECF No. 4-1. For instance, the…