Christopher J. Weiland v. Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office

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• holding that an allegation that police officers fabricated evidence and lied in their police reports, and that these fabrications caused the plaintiff’s incarceration, is sufficient to state a § 1983 claim
• holding that dismissal is appropriate only “where it is virtually impossible to know which allegations of facts are intended to support which claim(s) for relief”
• concluding that a claim that does not differentiate between multiple defendants is a shotgun pleading
• holding that the shotgun pleading rule is violated when a complaint fails to separate each cause of action or claim for relief into a separate count
• holding that the shotgun pleading rule is violated when a complaint fails to separate each cause of action or claim for relief into a separate count
• holding that the district court has the “inherent authority to control its docket,” including “the power to dismiss a complaint for failure to comply with Rule 8(a)(2)”

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