Howarth v. Patterson

1 WO 2 3 4 5 6 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 7 FOR THE DISTRICT OF ARIZONA 8 9 Morgan Howarth, No. CV-19-00726-PHX-ESW 10 Plaintiff, ORDER 11 v. 12 Ryan Patterson, et al., 13 Defendants. 14 15 16 Pending before the Court is Plaintiff’s “Motion to Strike Affirmative Defenses” 17 (Doc. 111). The Court has reviewed Defendants’ Response (Doc. 112) and Plaintiff’s 18 Reply (Doc. 116). For the reasons explained herein, the Motion (Doc. 111) will be granted. 19 I. LEGAL STANDARDS 20 Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 12(f) authorizes the court to “strike from a pleading 21 an insufficient defense…