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Nature of Suit Code: 380
Nature of Suit: Other Personal Property Damage
Cause of Action: 28:1331 Fed. Question

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WO NOT FOR PUBLICATION 

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

FOR THE DISTRICT OF ARIZONA 

Kim Noreen Larsen, 

Plaintiff, 

v. 

United Parcel Service, et al., 

Defendants. 

No. CV-16-08191-PCT-JJT

ORDER 

 At issue is pro se Plaintiff Kim Noreen Larsen’s Application for Leave to Proceed 

In Forma Pauperis (Doc. 3) and Motion for Service (Doc. 4). Having determined that 

Plaintiff is unable to pay the Court’s fees, the Court grants the Application for Leave to 

Proceed In Forma Pauperis (Doc. 3.) 

 However, upon review of Plaintiff’s Complaint (Doc. 1, Compl.), the Court finds 

that the Complaint fails to comply with Federal Rules of Civil Procedure 8 and 10(b). 

Rule 8(a) requires that: 

A pleading which sets forth a claim for relief, whether an original claim, counter-claim, cross-claim, or third-party claims, shall contain (1) a short 

and plain statement of the grounds upon which the court’s jurisdiction depends, unless the court already has jurisdiction and the claim needs no new grounds of jurisdiction to support it, (2) a short and plain statement of the claim showing that the pleader is entitled to relief; and (3) a demand for 

the relief sought, which may include relief in the alternative or different 

types of relief. 

Fed. R. Civ. P. 8(a). 

“Each allegation must be simple, concise, and direct.” Fed. R. Civ. P. 8(d)(1). 

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Furthermore, the complaint must contain “sufficient factual matter, accepted as true, 

to ‘state a claim to relief that is plausible on its face.’” Ashcroft v. Iqbal, 556 U.S. 662, 678 

(2009) (quoting Bell Atl. Corp. v. Twombly, 550 U.S. 544, 570 (2007)). Even where a 

complaint has the factual elements of a cause of action present but scattered throughout the 

complaint and not organized into a “short and plain statement of the claim,” it may be 

dismissed for failure to satisfy Rule 8(a). Sparling v. Hoffman Constr. Co., 864 F.2d 635, 

640 (9th Cir. 1988). 

Rule 10(b) requires that: 

A party must state its claims or defenses in numbered paragraphs, each limited as far as practicable to a single set of circumstances. A later pleading may refer by number to a paragraph in an earlier pleading. If doing so would promote clarity, each claim founded on a separate transaction or occurrence—and each defense other than a denial—must be 

stated in a separate count or defense. 

Fed. R. Civ. P. 10(b). 

 While it appears that Plaintiff’s Complaint requests relief with regard to death of 

Plaintiff’s service animal, (Compl. at 4-5), the Complaint does not contain a satisfactory 

statement of the basis for the Court’s jurisdiction or a short and plain statement of the 

claim showing that Plaintiff is entitled to the relief she seeks, as required by Rule 8. In 

particular, the Complaint fails to even allege an amount in controversy, other than that the 

jurisdictional amount satisfies the requirement. This is insufficient to confer jurisdiction. 

The Complaint is also not in the format specified in Rules 8 and 10. 

 Because Plaintiff’s Complaint is stricken for failure to comply with the Federal 

Rules of Civil Procedure, Plaintiff’s Motion for Service—in which she requests that the 

U.S. Marshal serve Defendants, or, in the alternative, that the Court provide her with 

contact information for the Marshal’s office in both Atlanta and Detroit—is moot. If and 

when Plaintiff files a complaint that complies with the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, 

Plaintiff will be responsible for serving the complaint and summons on Defendants 

herself and may execute service by waiver under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 4(d). 

Plaintiff may not file the summons, the complaint, or any amended complaint on 

Defendants until the Court grants her leave to do so. 

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IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED striking Plaintiff’s Complaint (Doc. 1) for 

failing to comply with Federal Rules of Civil Procedure 8 and 10(b). 

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that Plaintiff may file an Amended Complaint that 

complies with Rules 8 and 10(b) no later than 30 days from the date of this Order. If no 

Amended Complaint is timely filed, the Clerk shall dismiss this action without further 

Order of the Court. 

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED granting Plaintiff’s Application to Proceed in 

District Court Without Prepaying Fees or Costs (Doc. 3). 

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED denying Plaintiff’s Motion for Service (Doc. 4). 

 Dated this 9th day of September, 2016. 

Honorable John J. Tuchi

United States District Judge 

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