Cramblit v California Department of Correction and Rehabilitation, et al

Filing 24

ORDER STRIKING Plaintiff's 23 Reply to Defendants' Answer, signed by Magistrate Judge Stanley A. Boone on 8/2/17. (Martin-Gill, S)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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JAMES CRAMBLIT,

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Plaintiff,
v.
CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF
CORRECTION AND REHABILITATION,
et al.,
Defendants.

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Case No.: 1:17-cv-00058-SAB (PC)
ORDER STRIKING PLAINTIFF’S REPLY TO
DEFENDANTS’ ANSWER
[ECF No. 23]

Plaintiff James Cramblit is a state prisoner proceeding pro se in this civil rights action pursuant
to 42 U.S.C. § 1983.

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This action shall proceed on Plaintiff’s ADA claim against the CDCR and Warden Fisher.

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On July 11, 2017, Defendants’ filed an answer to Plaintiff’s complaint. (ECF No. 21.) On

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August 1, 2017, Plaintiff filed a response to Defendants’ answer. (ECF No. 23.)

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Rule 7 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure provides as follows:

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There shall be a complaint and an answer; a reply to a counterclaim denominated as
such; an answer to a cross-claim, if the answer contains a cross-claim; a third-party
complaint, if a person who was not an original party is summoned under the provisions
of Rule 14; and a third-party answer, if a third-party complaint is served. No other
pleading shall be allowed, except that the court may order a reply to an answer or a
third-party answer.

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Fed. R. Civ. P. 7(a). Because the Court did not order Plaintiff to reply to Defendants’ answer,
Plaintiff’s response is HEREBY STRICKEN from the record.

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IT IS SO ORDERED.
Dated:

August 2, 2017
UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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