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Case 1:19-cv-10474-NRB Document 12 Filed 12/23/19 Page 1 of 2
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK
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MARIA FARMER,
Plaintiff,
ORDER
- against -
19 Civ. 10474 (NRB)
DARREN K. INDYKE and RICHARD D. KAHN,
Defendants.
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NAOMI REICE BUCHWALD
UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE
Non-party Alan Dershowitz ("Dershowitz") seeks permission to
file a motion for limited intervention in order to move to strike
the following allegation from plaintiff's complaint: "Among the
guests that came to the mansion, Maria observed Alan Dershowitz,
a lawyer, on a number of occasions, and observed that he would go
upstairs at the same time the young girls were there." ECF No.
1 <]I 39. In the alternative, Dershowitz requests that the Court
strike the allegation sua sponte.
Having considered the several letters on this issue, see ECF
Nos. 9-11, the Court exercises its authority, pursuant to Federal
Rule of Civil Procedure Rule 12 ( f) ( 1) , to strike sua sponte the
aforementioned language. See Fed. R. Civ. P. 12 (f) (1) (" [O]n its
own," a court may "strike from a pleading an insufficient defense
or any redundant, immaterial, impertinent, or scandalous
matter."). The Court briefly addresses its reasons for doing so.
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Case 1:19-cv-10474-NRB Document 12 Filed 12/23/19 Page 2 of 2
First, the allegation is neither material nor directly
pertinent to any claim or defense in this action. Nor does Rule
8 require plaintiff to plead credibility
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