Legal Opinion
Baron v. DIRECTV, LLC
District Court, D. Maryland
Decided January 6, 2017No. CIVIL NO. JKB-16-3145PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
James K. Bredar, United States District Judge
Pending before the Court is Plaintiff Paul Y. Baron, Jr.’s motion to strike Defendant DIRECTV, LLC’s affirmative defenses pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 12(f). (ECF No. 20.) The motion has been briefed (ECF Nos. 25 & 26), and no hearing is required, Local Rule 105.6 (D. Md. 2016). The motion will be denied.
Baron has premised his motion to strike all of DIRECTV’S affirmative defenses on the proposition that. affirmative defenses must meet the plausibility pleading standard of Ashcroft v. Iqbal, 556 U.S. 662, 129…
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