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 x Plaintiff, ORDER - against - 19 Civ. 10474 (NRB) DARREN K. INDYKE and RICHARD D. KAHN, Defendants. X 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." 1 1 39. ECF No. 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-il, 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 matter."). redundant, immaterial, impertinent, or scandalous The Court briefly addresses its reasons for doing so. 1 EFTA02777584