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Miller v. Sheriff of Cook County

United States District Court, N.D. Illinois, Eastern Division
Jan 14, 2008
No. 06 C 965 (N.D. Ill. Jan. 14, 2008)

Opinion

No. 06 C 965.

January 14, 2008


MEMORANDUM ORDER


Counsel for the defendant Sheriff of Cook County has just filed a brief Answer to the Supplement to Complaint filed by Tenille Miller ("Miller"). Despite the brevity of that response, it is flawed in its failure to conform to the requirements of the second sentence of Fed.R.Civ.P. ("Rule") 8(b) — see App. ¶ 1 to State Farm Mut. Auto. Ins. Co. v. Riley, 199 F.R.D. 276, 278 (N.D. Ill. 2001).

Accordingly Answer ¶¶ 6, 7, 9 and 10 are stricken (as to Answer ¶ 10, how pray tell can defense counsel say in good faith that defendant "lacks knowledge" that plaintiff has demanded trial by jury?). This ruling is without prejudice to the Sheriff's filing of an appropriate amendment (or self-contained Amended Answer) on or before January 25, 2008, failing which all of the corresponding allegations of the Supplement to Complaint will be deemed to have been admitted.


Summaries of

Miller v. Sheriff of Cook County

United States District Court, N.D. Illinois, Eastern Division
Jan 14, 2008
No. 06 C 965 (N.D. Ill. Jan. 14, 2008)
Case details for

Miller v. Sheriff of Cook County

Case Details

Full title:TENILLE MILLER, Plaintiff, v. SHERIFF OF COOK COUNTY, Defendant

Court:United States District Court, N.D. Illinois, Eastern Division

Date published: Jan 14, 2008

Citations

No. 06 C 965 (N.D. Ill. Jan. 14, 2008)