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Nature of Suit Code: 220
Nature of Suit: Foreclosure
Cause of Action: 15:1692 Fair Debt Collection Act

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

ANDREW G. KALNOKI, individually,

KATHI KALNOKI, individually,

Plaintiffs,

v.

FIRST AMERICAN LOANSTAR TRUSTEE

SERVICES LLC, WELLS FARGO HOME

MORTGAGE, FIRST AMERICAN TITLE

INSURANCE COMPANY, and DOES 1-

10,

Defendants.

2:11-cv-02816-GEB-DAD

ORDER DISMISSING FIFTH 

AMENDED COMPLAINT

Pending are two dismissal motions challenging 

Plaintiffs’ Fifth Amended Complaint (“FAC”). One was filed on 

July 18, 2013, the other on July 30, 2013. The portion of the 

motion filed on July 18, 2013, in which dismissal is sought under 

Federal Rule of Civil Procedure (“Rule”) 8(a), will be granted;

therefore, decision on other arguments in the motions is 

unnecessary. 

Rule 8(a) prescribes that a “pleading . . . must 

contain . . . a short and plain statement of the claim showing 

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that the pleader is entitled to relief . . . .” Fed. R. Civ. P. 

8(a)(2). “While ‘the proper length and level of clarity for a 

pleading cannot be defined with any great precision,’ Rule 8(a) 

has ‘been held to be violated by a pleading that was needlessly 

long, or a complaint that was highly repetitious, or confused, or 

consisted of incomprehensible rambling.’” Cafasso, U.S. ex rel. 

v. Gen. Dynamics C4 Sys., Inc., 637 F.3d 1047, 1059 (9th Cir. 

2011) (quoting 5 Charles A. Wright & Arthur R. Miller, Federal 

Practice & Procedure § 1217 (3d ed. 2010)). 

The FAC comprises a single claim alleged under the Fair 

Debt Collection Practices Act (“FDCPA”), 15 U.S.C §§ 1692–1692p.

However, the FAC is 79 pages long and contains an additional 121 

pages of exhibits. It contains arguments, is prolix, and replete 

with redundancy. Even “if all of the factual elements of [an 

FDCPA claim] may be found [in the FAC,] . . . the [FAC] would be 

deficient under Rule 8(a) of the Federal Rules of Civil 

Procedure, which requires ‘a short and plain statement of the 

claim showing that the pleader is entitled to relief.’” Sparling 

v. Hoffman Const. Co., Inc., 864 F.2d 635, 640 (9th Cir. 1988)

Since Plaintiffs’ FAC fails to meet the requirements of 

Rule 8(a)(2), it is dismissed. However, Plaintiffs are granted 

ten (10) days from the date on which this order is filed to file 

a sixth amended complaint addressing the deficiencies in the FAC. 

Dated: January 3, 2014

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