Bethel v. Warden Ohio State Penitentiary

Filing 77

ORDER STRIKING PETITIONER'S REPLY TO THE WARDEN'S MEMORANDUM IN RESPONSE TO OBJECTIONS TO THE MAGISTRATE JUDGE'S SUPPLEMENTAL OPINION. Signed by Magistrate Judge Michael R Merz on 7/30/2014. (kpf1)

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF OHIO
EASTERN DIVISION AT COLUMBUS
ROBERT BETHEL,
:
Petitioner,

Case No. 2:10-cv-391
:

District Judge Michael R. Barrett
Magistrate Judge Michael R. Merz

-vsDAVID BOBBY, Warden,
:
Respondent.

ORDER STRIKING PETITIONER’S REPLY TO THE WARDEN’S
MEMORANDUM IN RESPONSE TO OBJECTIONS TO THE
MAGISTRATE JUDGE’S SUPPLEMENTAL OPINION
This capital habeas corpus case is before sua sponte upon the filing of Petitioner’s Reply
to the Warden’s Memorandum in Response to Objections to the Magistrate Judge’s
Supplemental Opinion of June 19, 2014 (Doc. No. 76).
Fed. R. Civ. P. 72(a) permits a party to file objections within fourteen of a magistrate
judge’s decision on a nondispositive motion and the opposing party fourteen days to respond.
The Rule makes no provision for an objector to file a reply to the opposing party’s response.
Petitioner has also neither sought nor received permission to file the referenced document.
Accordingly, the Reply is STRICKEN.

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