Fontaine v. Jpmorgan Chase Bank, N.A.

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• explaining that courts may dismiss a complaint sua sponte for failure to comply with Rule 8
• noting that sua sponte dismissal is appropriate where “it is patently obvious that the complaint fails to state a claim”
• Courts may dismiss complaint sua sponte when there is simply no factual or legal basis for alleged wrongdoing by defendants, such that it is patently obvious that plaintiff cannot prevail on claims
• argument “that the law requires one who claims to be a mortgage holder to take physical possession of the mortgage note and to produce the Note in order to prove his interest in the property” fails as a matter of law

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