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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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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

FOR THE DISTRICT OF ARIZONA

Wendy D. Sholes, 

Plaintiff, 

v. 

Apache Junction Police Department, 

Defendant.

No. CV-14-2517-PHX-DKD 

REPORT AND RECOMMENDATION 

TO THE HONORABLE SUSAN R. BOLTON, U.S. DISTRICT JUDGE: 

 On January 23, 2015, the undersigned issued a Report and Recommendation 

(“R&R”) to the Presiding Judge of the Phoenix Division. This R&R recommended that 

this case be dismissed because Plaintiff did not timely submit an amended complaint as 

required by the Court’s November 24, 2014 Order and because it appeared that Plaintiff 

did not keep the Court informed of her current address. Recent filings on the docket may 

have rendered this R&R moot. 

 Last week, Plaintiff filed a number of documents and included a request to “extend 

the time” because she “was released from the Oklahoma County Jail for tickets.” 

Plaintiff also filed a document entitled “Amended Complaint” which asserts the 

following single-sentence allegation: “I am filing corruption charges against the Apache 

Junction Police Department.” Plaintiff also filed a document with the caption “Motion” 

which states “the Apache Junction Police Department have lost the dead dog report after 

911 call 03029334 November 30, 2003 and the attempted murder premeditated, 

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kidnapping, and treason sexual assault report after Gene Cooper got home. . . . I am 

filing corruption against the police department intentional government tort.” Later this 

document states “I am demanding ten million dollars police negligence 911 call possible 

homicide corruption dead dog from Gene Cooper’s trailer, aiding and abetting extortion 

capital crime prosecution Merle Gene Cooper for first degree premeditated attempted 

murder by strangulation kidnapping and treason sexual assault violations United States 

Constitution first amendment from Sholes vs. Apache Junction Police filed Maricopa 

County April 8, 2005.” Taking these statements together and construing them as an 

amended complaint, the Plaintiff has failed to comply with the Court’s January 27 Order 

that she provide “a short and plain statement of the grounds of law entitling Plaintiff to 

relief.” Nor did she set “forth with specificity the alleged conduct Plaintiff contends 

violated her rights.” Further, she did not “take particular care to set forth which conduct 

is alleged to have violated which provision of federal law.” Thus the Court will now 

recommend that Plaintiff’s Amended Complaint, which appears to address an incident 

that occurred more than ten years ago1

, be dismissed. 

IT IS RECOMMENDED that this matter be dismissed for failure to comply with 

the Court’s November 24, 2014 Order. 

 This recommendation is not an order that is immediately appealable to the Ninth 

Circuit Court of Appeals. Any notice of appeal pursuant to Rule 4(a)(1), Federal Rules 

of Appellate Procedure, should not be filed until entry of the district court’s judgment. 

The parties shall have fourteen days from the date of service of a copy of this 

recommendation within which to file specific written objections with the Court. See, 28 

U.S.C. § 636(b)(1); Rules 72, 6(a), 6(b), Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. Thereafter, 

the parties have fourteen days within which to file a response to the objections. Failure 

timely to file objections to the Magistrate Judge’s Report and Recommendation may 

result in the acceptance of the Report and Recommendation by the district court without 

 

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further review. See United States v. Reyna-Tapia, 328 F.3d 1114, 1121 (9th Cir. 2003). 

Failure timely to file objections to any factual determinations of the Magistrate Judge will 

be considered a waiver of a party’s right to appellate review of the findings of fact in an 

order or judgment entered pursuant to the Magistrate Judge’s recommendation. See Rule 

72, Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. 

 Dated this 6th day of February, 2015. 

cc: SRB 

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