Wilson v. Tilton et al

Filing 53

ORDER signed by Magistrate Judge Dale A. Drozd on 10/17/10 ordering that plaintiff's 10/07/10 response to defendants' answer 52 shall be disregarded.(Plummer, M)

(PC) Wilson v. Tilton et al

Doc. 53

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 vs. JAMES TILTON, et al., Defendants. / Plaintiff is a state prisoner proceeding pro se in this civil rights action for relief pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Plaintiff has filed a response to defendants' answer to the fourth amended complaint. Rule 7 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure provides as follows: 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 thirdparty answer. Fed. R. Civ. P. 7(a) (emphasis added). The court has not ordered plaintiff to reply to defendants' answer and declines to make such an order. ///// 1
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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA DAVID W. WILSON, Plaintiff, No. 2:07-cv-1192 GEB DAD (PC)

ORDER

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Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that plaintiff's October 7, 2010 response to defendants' answer shall be disregarded. DATED: October 17, 2010.

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