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· 5/15/1996

Ortiz-Pinero v. Rivera-Arroyo

Citations

  • 84 F.3d 7
  • 1996 U.S. App. LEXIS 11325
  • 1996 WL 242332

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • affirming dismissal with prejudice of amended complaint that 8 did not comply with Rule 8(a)
  • affirming dismissal of a complaint where the district court was 17 “literally guessing as to what facts support the legal claims being asserted against certain 18 defendants”
  • affirming dismissal of complaint where “one cannot 14 determine from the complaint who is being sued, for what relief, and on what theory, with 15 enough detail to guide discovery”
  • affirming dismissal of § 1983 complaint for violation of Rule 8 after 14 warning
  • considering lack of competition as probative indicia that a position is political
  • “Prolix, confusing complaints such as the ones plaintiffs filed in this 16 case impose unfair burdens on litigants and judges.”

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Judges: Torruella, Coffin, Cyr

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