Schmuckley v. Rite Aid Corporation

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 11 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, and the No. 2:12-cv-1699-KJM-EFB STATE OF CALIFORNIA, et al., ex rel 12 LOYD F. SCHMUCKLEY, JR., ORDER 13 Plaintiffs, 14 v. 15 RITE AID CORPORATION, 16 Defendant. 17 18 In this qui tam action, Relator Lloyd F. Schmuckley, Jr. and the State of California 19 (“plaintiffs”) move to strike defendant’s affirmative defenses under Federal Rule of Civil 20 Procedure 12(f). Defendant opposes. For the below reasons, plaintiffs’ motion is GRANTED in 21 part and DENIED in part. 22 I.…