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Parties Involved:
Waring Park
Plaintiff
United States
Defendant

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Northern District of California

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

WARING PARK,

Plaintiff,

v.

UNITED STATES,

Defendant.

Case No. 18-cv-06621-SI 

ORDER DISMISSING AMENDED 

COMPLAINT WITH LEAVE TO 

AMEND

Re: Dkt. Nos. 10, 11

Plaintiff Waring Park has filed this lawsuit pro se and has been granted leave to proceed in 

forma pauperis, without prepayment of the filing fees. See Docket No. 8. The Court previously 

reviewed the complaint under 28 U.S.C. § 1915(e)(2) and dismissed the complaint with leave to 

amend. The Court found that plaintiff failed to state a claim because he did not make clear what 

illegal action the United States (the only defendant in this case) took against him. Id. at 3. The 

Court instructed plaintiff that in amending his complaint he must: “(1) add concise, clear 

statements of the unlawful actions by defendant, including when these events happened and 

with enough detail to make plaintiff’s claim against defendant plausible; AND (2) specifically 

identify the claims that plaintiff is bringing against defendant.” Id. at 6. The Court required 

plaintiff file his amended complaint by December 21, 2018. Id. 

Since the Court’s last Order, plaintiff has filed a Request for Service by U.S. Marshal on 

Party-in-Interest (Docket No. 9), an Amended Complaint (Docket No. 10), and a Request for 

Injunction and Appointment of Attorney/Amendment (Docket No. 11). 

The Court now finds that the Amended Complaint fails to state a claim for which relief can 

be granted. The Amended Complaint refers to various incidents that happened to plaintiff but still 

does not include information about when these events happened or enough detail to make the claim 

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against defendant plausible. For instance, the Amended Complaint states that “defendant denied 

plaintiff any meaningful opportunity to apply for a special-use permit to live in the forest” but does 

not explain how defendant did this or what about defendant’s actions were illegal. See Am. Compl. 

at 1. Plaintiff also states that “Defendant effected multiple false arrests grounded in plaintiff[’s] 

trespass in the National Forest” but he does not provide details for when these arrests occurred or 

how they were false arrests. See id. He mentions “water which plaintiff has been denied[,]” 

“deliberate gunfire intended to trigger known ophthalmic migraine condition[,]” “[a]ttempting to 

break-into plaintiff’s 1966 VW BUG by smashing a wing window with a rock[,]” and 

“[t]ransporting plaintiff over 20 miles from his vehicle, and forcing him to walk back to it, clothed 

only in long underwear, in freezing temperatures”—but he does not explain when these events 

occurred or who did these things to plaintiff. See id. at 4, 6.

The Court is not unsympathetic to plaintiff’s situation. But without more information, the 

Court does not know if plaintiff has a legal claim against the United States. Most of plaintiff’s 

Amended Complaint is spent on legal argument, such as a long discussion of the International 

Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, which plaintiff himself says is “completely useless for 

American citizens” because it does not allow for individual complaints. See id. at 2-4. 

The Court will give plaintiff one last chance to amend his complaint to state a claim. If 

plaintiff does not amend his complaint or the complaint continues not to state a claim, the Court will 

dismiss this case with prejudice. 

In his Second Amended Complaint, plaintiff must focus on the facts, rather than on 

legal argument. He must include concise, clear statements of the unlawful actions that he 

alleges occurred, timelines for when these events happened, and information about who

committed the acts. If plaintiff wishes to file a Second Amended Complaint, he must do so no 

later than February 13, 2019.

The Court will not rule on plaintiff’s motion for appointment of counsel or request for an 

injunction at this time. Plaintiff need not re-file his motion for appointment of counsel or request 

for an injunction. The Court will rule on these requests once it has reviewed the Second Amended 

Complaint. As the Court explained in its last Order, the Court also will not order service of the 

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complaint by the U.S. Marshals Service at this time. Once plaintiff files his Second Amended 

Complaint, the Court will review it to determine whether it states a claim. If it does, the Court may 

then order service by the Marshals. 

Plaintiff may find it useful to contact the Legal Help Center, a free service offered by the 

Justice & Diversity Center of the Bar Association of San Francisco. Help Centers are located at the 

San Francisco and Oakland Courthouses and assistance is available by appointment. To make an 

appointment, call: (415) 782-8982. See also https://www.cand.uscourts.gov/legal-help.

CONCLUSION

Plaintiff’s Amended Complaint is dismissed with leave to amend. Any Second Amended 

Complaint must be filed no later than February 13, 2019.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: January 16, 2019

______________________________________

SUSAN ILLSTON

United States District Judge

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