Zurich American Insurance Company v. Discount Waste, Inc. et al

Filing 20

ORDER striking Plaintiff's 18 Reply to Defendant Floaters Portable Sanitation, Inc.'s Affirmative Defenses and 19 Reply to Defendant Discount Waste, Inc.'s Affirmative Defenses. Signed by Magistrate Judge Samuel J. Horovitz on 11/22/2024. (KTQ)

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
MIDDLE DISTRICT OF FLORIDA
JACKSONVILLE DIVISION
ZURICH AMERICAN INSURANCE
COMPANY, etc.
Plaintiff,
v.

CASE NO. 3:24-cv-753-WWB-SJH

DISCOUNT WASTE, INC., etc., et al.,
Defendants.
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ORDER
THIS CAUSE is before the Court on Plaintiff Zurich American Insurance
Company’s Reply to Defendant Floaters Portable Sanitation, Inc.’s Affirmative
Defenses, Doc. 18, and Reply to Defendant Discount Waste, Inc.’s Affirmative
Defenses, Doc. 19 (collectively, “Replies”). Under the Federal Rules of Civil
Procedure, “a reply to an answer” is an allowed pleading, but only “if the court orders
one.” Fed. R. Civ. P. 7(a)(7). In the present case, the Court has not ordered Plaintiff
to file a reply. Accordingly, it is ordered that the Replies (Docs. 18 & 19) are stricken.
DONE AND ORDERED at Jacksonville, Florida, on November 22, 2024.

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