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Ja Morant's attorneys filed a motion to dismiss the civil suit between the NBA star and a teenage basketball player, Josh Holloway, who has accused Morant of assaulting him.

The motion, filed Monday, contends Morant acted in self-defense when he punched then-17-year-old Holloway -- citing Tennessee's self-defense laws, per Memphis' Commercial Appeal. 

'Morant acted in self-defense when [Holloway] intentionally struck him in the face with a basketball at Mr. Morant's family home last July,' the motion to dismiss read, via The Appeal. 'He therefore enjoys civil immunity under the Statute.'

The incident allegedly occurred at Morant's house when Josh Holloway, a high-school basketball player, said Morant attacked him after he checked the ball to the NBA player and it hit him in the face after slipping through his hands. 

Holloway's mother sued Morant on her son's behalf, saying Morant and his friends repeatedly punched him in the head and face - even while he was on the ground, as previously reported by The Washington Post and TMZ. The case was eventually sealed by the court.