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Nature of Suit Code: 440
Nature of Suit: Other Civil Rights
Cause of Action: 42:1983 Civil Rights Act

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United States District Court

Northern District of California

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

MARK E. MAJOR,

Plaintiff,

v.

CITY AND COUNTY OF SAN 

FRANCISCO, et al.,

Defendants.

Case No. 15-cv-03426-KAW 

ORDER DISMISSING AMENDED 

COMPLAINT WITH LEAVE TO 

AMEND

Re: Dkt. No. 11

Plaintiff Mark E. Major, acting pro se, commenced this case on July 24, 2015.1 (Compl., 

Dkt. No. 1.) On August 6, 2015, the Court dismissed his complaint with leave to amend because it 

did not provide "a short and plain statement of the claim showing that the pleader is entitled to 

relief." (Aug. 5, 2015 Order, Dkt. No. 5 (quoting Fed. R. Civ. P. 8(a)(2).) The original complaint 

was over 155 pages long and included an additional 50 pages of exhibits. (See id. at 2.)

Plaintiff has now filed an amended complaint that resembles the original. (Am. Compl., 

Dkt. No. 11.) It is over 130 pages long and includes over 50 pages of exhibits. (See id.) As the 

Court explained in its previous order, the complaint does not "provide a short and plain statement 

of the claim showing that the pleader is entitled to relief." See Fed. R. Civ. P. 8(a)(2); see also

Prezzi v. Berzak, 57 F.R.D. 149, 150 (S.D.N.Y. 1972) (dismissing 53-page complaint because it 

"conform[ed] neither with the form nor the spirit of Rule 8").

Accordingly, Plaintiff's amended complaint is DISMISSED WITH LEAVE TO AMEND. 

Plaintiff shall file a second amended complaint within 30 days of this order. Plaintiff is once 

again encouraged to contact the Federal Pro Bono Project's Help Desk—a free service for pro se 

 

1 On August 13, 2015, Plaintiff consented to magistrate judge jurisdiction pursuant to 28 U.S.C. 

§ 636(c). Pl.'s Consent, Dkt. No. 7.

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Northern District of California

litigants—by calling (415) 782-8982. The Court has also adopted a manual for use by pro se 

litigants, which may be helpful to Plaintiff. This manual, and other free information is available 

online at: http://cand.uscourts.gov/proselitigants.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: 11/06/2015

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KANDIS A. WESTMORE

United States Magistrate Judge

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