Legal Opinion
Hernandez v. County of Monterey
District Court, N.D. California
Decided April 14, 2015No. Case No.: 5:13-cv-2354-PSGPublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER GRANTING MOTIONS TO STRIKE
(Re: Docket Nos. 391, 392)
PAUL S. GREWAL, United States Magistrate Judge
“An affirmative defense, under the meaning of Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 8(c), is a defense that does not negate the elements of the plaintiffs claim, but instead precludes liability even if all of the elements of the plaintiffs claim are proven.”1 In this class action suit challenging various policies and practices at the Monterey County Jail, Plaintiffs dispute the plausibility of Defendants’ affirmative defenses.2 Plaintiffs seek to strike California Forensic Medical Group’s nine…
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