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Parties Involved:
City Police Department
Defendant
P.P.I.C. U.S.A., Inc.
Plaintiff

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

P.P.I.C. U.S.A., Inc., )

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Plaintiff, )

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CITY POLICE DEPARTMENT, )

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Defendant. )

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1:10-CV-106 AWI GSA

ORDER STRIKING

COMPLAINT AND

REQUIRING RE-PLEADING

 Plaintiff filed a complaint in this Court on January 21, 2010. On the same day, Plaintiff

sought to proceed in forma pauperis. An order to submit an application or pay a filing fee was

issued shortly thereafter. The order gives Plaintiff 45 days in which to respond. The order was

returned as undeliverable. The Complaint is 119 pages, handwritten, and is quite simply

incomprehensible. It is unknown what Plaintiff is alleging or against whom the allegations are

made. Under such circumstances, the Court has the inherent power to sua sponte strike the

complaint and order re-pleading. See Byrne v. Nezhat, 261 F.3d 1075, 1133 & n.113 (11th Cir.

2001); see also Wagner v. First Horizon Pharm. Corp., 464 F.3d 1273, 1280 (9th Cir. 2006). 

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Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the complaint in this matter is STRICKEN

and Plaintiff may re-file a new complaint that plainly and clearly identifies the defendants and the

claims against the Defendants as contemplated by Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 8 within

twenty (20) days of this order. If Plaintiff does not timely re-plead, the Court will close this case.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: February 19, 2010 /s/ Anthony W. Ishii 

0m8i78 CHIEF UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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