Vashisht-Rota
Vashisht-Rota v. Howell Management Services
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA Aparna VASHISHT-ROTA, Case No.: 20-cv-0321-AGS-KSC Plaintiff, ORDER DENYING REQUEST FOR
LEAVE TO FILE MOTION TO
v.
STRIKE
HOWELL MANAGEMENT SERVICES, et al., 7 Defendants.
Plaintiff Aparna Vashisht-Rota recently emailed the Court seeking leave to file a motion to strike parts of a declaration supporting defendants’ motion for vexatious- litigation relief (ECF 330). That request is denied. “The court may strike from a pleading an insufficient defense or any redundant, immaterial, impertinent, or scandalous matter.” Fed. R. Civ. P. 12(f) (emphasis added). “Pleadings” consist only of complaints, answers, and a reply to an answer, “if the court orders one.” Fed. R. Civ. P. 7(a). “Under the express language of the rule, only pleadings are subject to motions to strike.” Sidney-Vinstein v. A.H. Robins Co., 697 F.2d 880, 885 (9th Cir. 1983) (finding “error in the trial court’s order striking the plaintiff’s motion”); see also Olson v. Bynum, No. 2:20-cv-2481-TLN-KJN…