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· 5/21/1996

United States v. Laboy-Delgado

Citations

  • 84 F.3d 22
  • 1996 U.S. App. LEXIS 11653
  • 1996 WL 257501

How courts have described this case

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

  • noting that appellate court must \resolve all disagreement regarding the credibility of witnesses to the government's behoof\
  • noting that a complaint fails to comply with Rule 8 if “one 1 cannot determine … who is being sued, for what relief, and on what theory.”
  • affirming dismissal of complaint that left the court “guessing as to 27 what facts support the legal claims being asserted against certain defendants”
  • “Something labeled a complaint but written . . . prolix in evidentiary 27 detail, yet without simplicity, conciseness and clarity as to whom plaintiffs are suing for what 28 wrongs, fails to perform the essential functions of a complaint.”
  • referring to Fed. R. Civ. P. 8(e)(1)
  • referring to Fed. R. Civ. P. 8(e)(1)

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Judges: Selya, Cummings, Coffin

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