Sherman

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 TERREL HOLMES, Case No. 1:20-cv-00737-ADA-HBK (PC) Plaintiff, ORDER DENYING PLAINTIFF’S MOTION

TO STIRKE DEFENDANT’S ANSWERS

v. AND AFFIRMATIVE DEFENSES WITHOUT

PREJUDICE

M. MUELLER, (Doc. No. 34) Defendant. 16 Pending before the Court is Plaintiff’s motion to strike Defendant’s answers and affirmative defenses filed on March 10, 2023. (Doc. No. 34). Plaintiff files the motion pursuant to Rule 12(f) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure and seeks to strike Defendant’s answers numbers 1, 6, 4, 5, and 10 and affirmative defenses numbers 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7. 8, and 9. (Id. at 1). Plaintiff generally argues Defendant’s answers and affirmative defenses are “not well taken as a matter of law and not accompanied with pertinent authorities if any at all.” (Id.). Other than listing the numbered answers and affirmative defenses to which Plaintiff objects, the motion is otherwise devoid of argument or citation to any…