Thompson v. Arpaio

Full title: Christopher David Thompson, Plaintiff, v. Joseph Arpaio, Defendant

Court: United States District Court, D. Arizona

Date published: Nov 16, 2005

No. CIV 05-1493-PHX-JWS (DKD) (D. Ariz. Nov. 16, 2005)

Opinion

No. CIV 05-1493-PHX-JWS (DKD).

November 16, 2005

ORDER

DAVID DUNCAN, Magistrate Judge

Plaintiff filed his Complaint in this matter on May 19, 2005 (Doc. #1); Defendant filed his Answer on September 9, 2005 (Doc.#9). On September 29, 2005, Plaintiff filed his Response to Defendant's Answer (Doc. #10). Pursuant to Rule 7(a), Federal Rules of Civil Procedure:

Pleadings. There shall be a complaint and an answer; a reply to counterclaim denominated as such; and 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 third-party answer.

Plaintiff did not request leave from this Court to file a reply to Defendant's answer, and the Court will not require one. Plaintiff's reply will be stricken from the record.