(PS) De Volksbank N.V. v. Beck ( 2021 )

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 11 DE VOLKSBANK N.V. fka SNS REGIO No. 2:19-cv-0043 MCE DB PS BANK N.V., 12 13 Plaintiff, ORDER 14 v. 15 NICHOLAS GEORGE BECK, an individual, and ANGELIQUE 16 VERSCHUUR, an individual, 17 Defendants. 18 19 Defendants Nicholas George Beck and Angelique Verschuur are proceeding in this action 20 pro se. This matter was referred to the undersigned in accordance with Local Rule 302(c)(21) and 21 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1). On April 6, 2021, the assigned District Judge ordered the defendants “to 22 file a formal answer to the complaint within 28 days[.]” (ECF No. 31 at 2.) On May 5, 2021, 23 defendants filed a document purporting to “formally answer” the order of the assigned District 24 Judge and stating, in general, that defendants “agree with the” April 6, 2021 order. (ECF No. 32 25 at 1.) 26 Defendants are advised that “[a]n answer should contain whatever denials and defenses 27 are necessary to refute the material allegations of the complaint. Its function is to put the case ‘at 28 issue’ as to all important matters alleged in the complaint that the defendant does not want to 1 admit.” D. ANSWER, RUTTER GROUP PRAC. GUIDE FED. CIV. PRO. BEFORE TRIAL CH. 8-D; see 2 also United States v. Carlson, Case No. 18-cv-1598 AC, 2019 WL 4658395, at *5 (D. Or. Aug. 1, 3 2019) (quoting Fed. R. Civ. P. 8(b)) (“an answer to a complaint should merely ‘admit or deny the 4 allegations asserted against it by an opposing party’ and ‘state in short and plain terms its 5 defenses to each claim asserted against it.’”). A form answer, as well as other information 6 regarding representing yourself pro se, is available on the Court’s website. See 7 http://www.caed.uscourts.gov/caednew/index.cfm/cmecf-e-filing/representing-yourself-pro-se- 8 litigant/. 9 Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that within twenty-eight days of the date of this 10 order defendants shall file an answer to plaintiff’s complaint. 11 DATED: May 12, 2021 /s/ DEBORAH BARNES UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28