Zhang

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA SAN JOSE DIVISION 6 TALECE INC., Case No. 20-cv-03579-BLF

Plaintiff,

ORDER DENYING MOTION TO

v. STRIKE AFFIRMATIVE DEFENSES

ZHENG ZHANG, [Re: ECF No. 93] Defendant.

ZHENG ZHANG, Third-party Plaintiff, v.

LANHAI SU, Third-party Defendant.

18 Before the Court is Defendant and Third-Party Plaintiff Zheng Zhang’s motion to strike affirmative defenses asserted in answers to the First Amended Counter- and Third-Party Complaint. ECF No. 93 (“MTS”); see also ECF No. 96 (“Reply”). Zhang seeks to strike the affirmative defenses pled by Plaintiff Talece Inc. and Third-Party Defendant Lanhai Su as inadequately pled under Federal Rules of Civil Procedure 8(a) and 9(b). See ECF No. 91 (Talece answer); ECF No. 92 (Su answer). Talece and Su oppose the motion. See ECF No. 95 (“Opp.”). The Court finds this motion suitable for disposition…