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Nature of Suit Code: 443
Nature of Suit: Civil Rights Accommodations
Cause of Action: 28:1331 Federal Question: Other Civil Rights

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United States District Court

Northern District of California

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

BRANDON T. WILLIAMS,

Plaintiff,

v.

HECTOR PEREZ, et al.,

Defendants.

Case No.4:16-cv-04143-KAW

ORDER DISMISSING COMPLAINT 

WITH LEAVE TO AMEND; ORDER 

CONTINUING CASE MANAGEMENT 

CONFERENCE

Re: Dkt. No. 1

The Court has received plaintiff's complaint and application to proceed in forma pauperis, 

both filed in this Court on July 22, 2016. The Court may authorize a plaintiff to file an action in 

federal court without prepayment of fees or security if the plaintiff submits an affidavit showing 

that he or she is unable to pay such fees or give security therefor. 28 U.S.C. § 1915(a). Plaintiff’s 

IFP application was granted in a separate order.

The in forma pauperis statute also provides that the Court shall dismiss the case if at any 

time the Court determines that the allegation of poverty is untrue, or that the action (1) is frivolous 

or malicious, (2) fails to state a claim on which relief may be granted; or (3) seeks monetary relief 

against a defendant who is immune from such relief. 28 U.S.C. § 1915(e)(2). 

Plaintiff’s complaint, however, is deficient and must be amended for the reasons set forth 

below:

1. It is impossible to discern the essential details of the events that triggered plaintiff's 

lawsuit, or the legal theories under which she seeks relief. Plaintiff has failed to set forth “a short 

and plain statement of the claim showing that the pleader is entitled to relief” as required by Rule 

8 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. 

2. Plaintiff must clearly identify the causes of action she is alleging, which 

defendant(s) each cause of action is against, and the facts supporting each cause of action. 

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3. Each allegation in the complaint must be contained in numbered paragraphs. Fed. 

R. Civ. P. 10(b). “A party must state its claims or defenses in numbered paragraphs, each limited 

as far as practicable to a single set of circumstances.” Id.

4. Plaintiff must clearly allege that she timely exhausted her administrative remedies 

for all causes of action against the Richmond Housing Authority, which requires that she filed an 

administrative claim within 6 months of the alleged incident.

Accordingly, pursuant to its authority under 28 U.S.C. § 1915(e)(2), the Court hereby 

dismisses plaintiff's complaint with leave to amend. Plaintiff shall file an amended complaint no 

later than November 18, 2016 or the case may be dismissed with prejudice.

In amending her complaint, Plaintiff may wish to contact the Federal Pro Bono Project’s 

Help Desk for assistance—a free service for pro se litigants—by calling (415) 782-8982. Plaintiff 

may also wish to consult a manual the court has adopted to assist pro se litigants in presenting 

their case. This manual, and other free information for pro se litigants, is available online at: 

http://cand.uscourts.gov/proselitigants. 

Plaintiff should be aware that an amended complaint will supersede or replace the original 

complaint, and the original complaint will thereafter be treated as nonexistent. Armstrong v. Davis, 

275 F.3d 849, 878 n. 40 (9th Cir. 2001), abrogated on other grounds by Johnson v. Cal., 543 U.S. 

499 (2005). The first amended complaint must, therefore, be complete, in itself, without reference 

to the prior or superseded pleading, as “[a]ll causes of action alleged in an original complaint 

which are not alleged in an amended complaint are waived.” King v. Atiyeh, 814 F.2d 565, 567 

(9th Cir. 1987) (citations omitted).

Additionally, the Case Management Conference scheduled for October 25, 2016 is 

continued to January 24, 2017 at 1:30 p.m. in Courtroom 4, 1301 Clay Street, Oakland, 

California. The case management conference statement is due January 17, 2017.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: October 17, 2016

______________________________________

KANDIS A. WESTMORE

United States Magistrate Judge

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