Robert Ellingson, Jr. v. Burlington Northern, Inc., Dba Burlington Northern Railway, and Western Pacific Railroad Company, a Corporation

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• striking plaintiffs amended pleading because it was factually inconsistent with plaintiffs previous complaint
• affirming dismissal under Rule 11 when “[e]ssential allegations of the complaint were false.”
• authority to strike complaint allegations as false and sham pursuant to Federal 4 Rule of Civil Procedure 11
• where appellees merely point to an issue but do not discuss it, there is no issue on appeal
• “This court may consider the issue when … the 18 issue has been fully explored. Greyhound Corp. v. Blakley, 262 F.2d 401, at 407–08 (9th 19 Cir. 1958). This is not the case here.”

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