(PS) Sarkis v. Yolo County Public Agency Risk Mgt. Ins. Authority
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 ARMOND SARKIS, Case No. 2:21-cv-01097-TLN-JDP (PS) Plaintiff, v. FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS YOLO COUNTY PUBLIC AGENCY
RISK MANAGEMENT INSURANCE
AUTHORITY, JILL COOK, individually and in her official capacity, and RONALD J. MARTINEZ, et al., Defendants. 18 Pending is plaintiff’s motion to strike defendants’ amended answer. ECF No. 40. Plaintiff seeks to strike twenty-three affirmative defenses in defendants’ answer. Defendants have filed an opposition, ECF No. 43, and plaintiff has not filed a reply within the allotted time. I recommend that his motion to strike be granted in part. Legal Standards Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 12(f) provides that courts “may strike from a pleading an insufficient defense or any redundant, immaterial, impertinent, or scandalous matter.” Petrie v. Elec. Game Card, Inc., 761 F.3d 959, 966-67 (9th Cir. 2014) (internal quotations omitted). An…