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Nature of Suit Code: 445
Nature of Suit: Americans with Disabilities Act - Employment
Cause of Action: 42:12101 Americans with Disabilities Act

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE DISTRICT OF ARIZONA

Jimmy D. Nix, 

Plaintiff, 

vs.

Hudson Baylor Corporation; and Liberty

Mutual Insurance. 

Defendants. 

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No. CV 10-973-PHX-MHM

ORDER

Pending before the Court are Plaintiff’s Motion for Leave to Proceed In Forma

Pauperis. (Doc. # 4). The Court has screened Plaintiff’s Complaint pursuant to 28 U.S.C. §

1915(e)(2) and will dismiss it for failure to state a claim. “[S]ection 1915(e) not only permits

but requires a district court to dismiss an in forma pauperis complaint that fails to state a

claim.” Lopez v. Smith, 203 F.3d 1122, 1127 (9th Cir. 2000). 

Rule 8(a) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure requires that:

A pleading which sets forth a claim for relief, whether an original

claim, counter-claim, cross-claim, or third-party claim, 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 judgment for

the relief the pleader seeks. Relief in the alternative or of several different

types may be demanded.

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Here, Plaintiff's complaint fails to plainly state a claim for relief. The complaint is

somewhat disjointed and difficult to follow, and the Court cannot in good faith determine

what possible harm the individual Defendants caused to Plaintiff and why Plaintiff is entitled

to seek relief from them in this Court. As such, the Court will give Plaintiff one opportunity

to amend the complaint. Plaintiff must:

make clear his allegations in short, plain statements with each claim for relief

identified in separate sections. In the amended complaint, [Plaintiff] must

write out the rights he believes were violated, the name of the person who

violated the right, exactly what that individual did or failed to do, how the

action or inaction of that person is connected to the violation of [Plaintiff's]

rights, and what specific injury [Plaintiff] suffered because of the other

person's conduct. See Rizzo v. Goode, 423 U.S. 362, 371-72, 377 (1976).

Each claim of an alleged violation must be set forth in a separate count. Any

amended complaint filed by [Plaintiff] must conform to the requirements of

Rules 8(a) and (e)(1) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure.

Kennedy v. Andrews, 2005 WL 3358205, *3 (D. Ariz. 2005).

Accordingly,

IT IS ORDERED dismissing Plaintiff’s complaint for failure to comply with Federal

Rule of Civil Procedure 8(a). (Doc. #1)

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED denying as moot Plaintiff's Motion to Proceed in

Forma Pauperis. (Doc. # 4). 

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

another Motion for Leave to Proceed In Forma Pauperis no later than 30 days from the date

of this order. If no Amended Complaint is filed this case will be dismissed without further

notice.

DATED this 10th day of May, 2010.

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