Quintana v. Baca

ORDER GRANTING IN PART AND DENYING IN PART MOTION TO STRIKE AFFIRMATIVE DEFENSES

PREGERSON, District Judge.

This matter is before the Court on the plaintiffs motion to strike affirmative defenses from the defendant’s answer.

I. BACKGROUND

The plaintiff, Martin Quintana, is a member of the discrete class of persons whose defining characteristic is that they resided on the floor while in the custody of the Los Angeles County Men’s Central Jail (“the Jail”) because there was insufficient seating available. The plaintiff asserts that this insufficient seating violated his constitutional rights.

The…