Khalaf v. Saint Louis University

Filing 3

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER: IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the Clerk of Court shall strike Plaintiff's Complaint. See Fed. R. Civ. P. 12(f)(1). No later than Friday, July 05, 2024, Plaintiff shall file an Amended Complaint in compliance with the Federa l Rules of Civil Procedure and this Court's Local Rules. Failure to do so will result in the dismissal of this action without further notice. (Amended/Supplemental Pleadings due by 7/5/2024.) Signed by District Judge Matthew T. Schelp on 6/4/2024. (TMT)

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
EASTERN DISTRICT OF MISSOURI
EASTERN DIVISION
HUSSEIN KHALAF,
Plaintiff,
vs.
SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY,
Defendant.

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Case No. 4:24-cv-00762-MTS

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
This matter is before the Court on review of the file. The Court finds that Plaintiff
needlessly included in his Complaint information that was both immaterial as well as impertinent
and scandalous. Plaintiff repeatedly referred to a nonparty as “immoral,” a “sex worker,” and
being “known among her peers . . . for her sexual relationships.” Doc. [1]. For this reason, the
Court will strike the Complaint. See Fed. R. Civ. P. 12(f)(1) (providing that the Court, “on its
own,” may “strike from a pleading an insufficient defense or any redundant, immaterial,
impertinent, or scandalous matter”).
Plaintiff may file an Amended Complaint, but he may not include any redundant,
immaterial, impertinent, or scandalous material within it. See id. While Plaintiff is free to
reference and discuss the nonparty at issue in his Amended Complaint, he may only do so to the
extent that it is material to his claim.

His lurid opinions on the morality of anyone are

unnecessary and improper. In addition, because of Plaintiff’s disregard for Rule 12(f), the Court
will require any reference Plaintiff makes to this individual in any future filing be made by her
initials only; Plaintiff shall not include the name of this nonparty in his filings.
Accordingly,

IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the Clerk of Court shall strike Plaintiff’s Complaint.
See Fed. R. Civ. P. 12(f)(1). No later than Friday, July 05, 2024, Plaintiff shall file an Amended
Complaint in compliance with the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure and this Court’s Local Rules.
Failure to do so will result in the dismissal of this action without further notice.
Dated this 4th day of June 2024.

MATTHEW T. SCHELP
UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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