It's the equivalent of pleading the 5th amendment, claiming that the Plaintiff's case has no merit therefore not worthy of response. This way, the defendant(s) don't make any claims or present anything in their defense giving the court the opportunity to dismiss the case for lack of merit while not further incriminating the defendant(s).
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Yup. The inference was that the case was so weak they did not even need to respond seriously.
what does this mean? a replies i received:
It's the equivalent of pleading the 5th amendment, claiming that the Plaintiff's case has no merit therefore not worthy of response. This way, the defendant(s) don't make any claims or present anything in their defense giving the court the opportunity to dismiss the case for lack of merit while not further incriminating the defendant(s). ~~
Yup. The inference was that the case was so weak they did not even need to respond seriously.