BARRETT v. INVICTUS REAL ESTATE GROUP, LLC

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF INDIANA INDIANAPOLIS DIVISION ANDREW BARRETT, ) ) Plaintiff, ) ) v. ) No. 1:20-cv-02275-JPH-TAB ) INVICTUS REAL ESTATE GROUP, LLC, ) INVICTUS PROPERTY MANAGEMENT, LLC, ) CLARK REEVES, ) ) Defendants. ) ORDER ON PLAINTIFF'S MOTION TO STRIKE AFFIRMATIVE DEFENSES I. Introduction Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 8(c) requires parties to affirmatively state all affirmative defenses in a responsive pleading. Somewhere along the way, the distinction between an affirmative defense and a mere denial has been lost, or at least significantly muddled. As a…