Cook v. Trepco West ( 2024 )

1 2 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 3 DISTRICT OF NEVADA 4|| Aaron Cook, Case No.: 2:24-cv-01250-CDS-NJK 5 Plaintiff Order 7|| Irepco West, 8 Defendant 9 10 Defendant Trepco West filed a motion to dismiss plaintiff Aaron Cook’s complaint for failure to state claims under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 12(b)(6). ECF No. 10. Cook 12|| responded by filing a document titled “motion to dismiss.” ECF No. 14. Recognizing my 13]| obligation to liberally construe a pro se party’s pleadings,! I construe Cook’s filed “motion to dismiss” as a response to Trepco’s Rule 12(b)(6) motion. Therefore, Trepco must file its reply on 15]| or before September 12, 2024. 16 The Clerk of Court is directed to terminate Cook’s motion to dismiss (ECF No. 14) asa 17|| pending motion, and instead construe it as a response. /) 18 Dated: September 6, 2024 19 ba =< 30 Cristi Silva . United, tates District Judge 21 22 23 24 25 ———_______ obligation to construe pro se filings liberally means courts must frequently look to the contents of 26]|a pro se filing rather than its form.” Ross v. Williams, 950 F.3d 1160, 1173 n.19 (9th Cir. 2020).