United States v. Walter James Kubon

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Case No. 18-cv-04788-PJH Plaintiff,

v. ORDER GRANTING PLAINTIFF’S

MOTION TO STRIKE

WALTER JAMES KUBON, et al., Re: Dkt. No. 125 Defendants.

13 Before the court is plaintiff’s motion to strike defendants’ petition to vacate a void judgment. Defendants did not file an opposition by the court’s deadline. Having read the papers and carefully considered their arguments and the relevant legal authority, and good cause appearing, the court hereby GRANTS plaintiff’s motion to strike. Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 12(f) provides that the “court may strike from a pleading an insufficient defense or any redundant, immaterial, impertinent, or scandalous matter.” Fed. R. Civ. P. 12(f). The function of a motion to strike is to “avoid the expenditure of time and money that must arise from litigating spurious issues by dispensing with those issues prior to trial.” Whittlestone, Inc. v. Handi-Craft Co., 618 F.3d 23…