Cassie

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 WILLIAM LEE BROOKS, II, Case No. 2:23-cv-00294-JDP (PC) Plaintiff, ORDER v. DIRECTING THE CLERK OF COURT TO

RANDOMLY ASSIGN A DISTRICT JUDGE

DANIEL CASSIE, TO THIS MATTER Defendant. FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS THAT PLAINTIFF’S MOTION TO STRIKE

BE GRANTED IN PART AND DENIED IN

PART ECF No. 25 OBJECTIONS DUE WITHIN FOURTEEN

DAYS

20 Plaintiff is a state inmate proceeding without counsel in this civil rights action brought under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Plaintiff moves to strike all eight affirmative defenses in defendant’s answer. ECF No. 25. Defendant has filed an opposition, ECF No. 29, and plaintiff has filed a reply, ECF No. 32. I recommend that plaintiff’s motion to strike be granted in part and denied in part. Should these recommendations be adopted, defendant…