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Nature of Suit Code: 470
Nature of Suit: Civil (Rico)
Cause of Action: 18:1961 Racketeering (RICO) Act

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ALABAMA

NORTHWESTERN DIVISION

DONALD P. WILLIAMS,

Plaintiff,

v.

ALABAMA POSTSECONDARY

EDUCATION, et al.,

Defendants.

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Case No.: 3:15-CV-1726-VEH

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

Before the court is Plaintiff Donald P. Williams’s Amended Complaint. (Doc.

8). In this court’s order of March 16, 2016, the court declined to reconsider its

December 8, 2015, dismissal order. In the March 16 order, however, the court

indicated that it would reconsider its December 8 dismissal if Williams submitted an

amended complaint that complied with the court’s October 16, 2015 order for

repleader. Finding that the AmendedComplaint does not conformto the requirements

of the October 16 order, the court still declines to reconsider its order of dismissal. 

The court ordered Williams as follows in the October 16 order:

The amended complaint must comply with Rule 8.

Thus, it shall include “a short and plain statement of the

grounds for the court’s jurisdiction.” FED. R. CIV. P.

8(a)(1). It shall also include “a short and plain statement of

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

FILED

 2016 Apr-15 PM 12:51

U.S. DISTRICT COURT

N.D. OF ALABAMA

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FED. R. CIV. P. 8(a)(2). Williams must also include a

demand for relief sought in his amended complaint. FED R.

CIV. P. 8(a)(3). A complaint does not “suffice if it tenders

naked assertions devoid of further factual enhancement.”

Ashcroft v. Iqbal, 556 U.S. 662, 678 (2009) (quotations and

citations omitted). 

The amended complaint shall comply with Rule 10.

It must “have a caption with the court’s name, a title, a file

number, and [indicate that it is a complaint]. The title of the

complaint must name all the parties.” FED.R.CIV. P. 10(a)

(alteration and emphasis added). Each legal claim against

each defendant must be specifically identified in separate

numbered paragraphs. FED.R.CIV.P.10(b). Any particular

count must only describe one claim against one defendant,

and each count must include the pertinent supporting facts

in separately numbered paragraphs. See id.

(Doc. 2 at 2–3).

The Amended complaint lacks a demand for relief as required by FED.R. CIV.

P. 8(a)(3), and the factual allegations are largely unintelligible. Additionally, the

complaint fails to comply with Rule 10; it does not provide individualized counts

against individualized defendants. Finally, the complaint is not divided into

separately numbered paragraphs. In light of these deficiencies, the complaint does not

comply with the October 16 order. 

The dismissal will not be reconsidered, and this action is hereby DISMISSED

without prejudice.

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DONE and ORDERED this 15th day of April, 2016. 

 

 VIRGINIA EMERSON HOPKINS

United States District Judge

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