Opinion
No. CIV 05-1697-PHX-SRB (DKD).
November 8, 2005
ORDER
Pending before the Court is Defendants' Motion to Strike Plaintiff's Motion in Opposition to Defendants' Answer (Doc. #21). The Complaint in this matter was filed June 6, 2005 (Doc. 1); Defendants filed an Answer on October 26, 2005 (Doc. #17). Pursuant to Rule 7(a), Federal Rules of Civil Procedure:
Pleadings. There shall be a complaint and an answer; a reply to a 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 Defendants' answer, and the Court will not require one. Plaintiff's reply will be stricken from the record. Accordingly,
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. . .IT IS HEREBY ORDERED granting Defendants' Motion to Strike Plaintiff's Motion in Opposition to Defendants' Answer (Doc. #21). The Clerk of the Court is directed to strike Plaintiff's Motion in Opposition to Defendants' Answer (Doc. #20).