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K evi n Y oung, a Penns y l vani a s t at e pr i s onerpr ocee di ng pr o s e, appea l s an o rd e r o f th e U n ited S tate s D istric t C o u rt f o r th e E a ste rn D istric t o f P e n n sy lv a n ia d i s mi s s i n g h i s c o mp l a i n t . W e wi l l a f f i r m. Y o u n g f ile d a c iv il r ig h ts a c tio n in D is tr ic t C o u rta g a in s t f if ty d e f e n d a n ts . T h e D istri ct C o u rtd ism issed Y o u n g ’s co m p lai n t pu rsua n t t o 2 8 U . S . C . § 1 9 1 5 (e), expl ai ni ng thatthe compl ai ntw as r ambl i ng and uncl earand depr i ved the def endant s of su f f icie n t n o tice to re sp o n d to h is c laim s. T h e D istric t C o u rt a f f o rd e d Y o u n g 3 0 d a y s to fi l e an a m ended c om pl ai nt , s t at i ng thathe musts etforth the s peci fi c eve nt s orcondi t i ons w hi ch vi ol at ed hi s cons t i tut i onal r i ght s , the name and pl ace of empl oym entof ea ch p e rso n w h o v io late d h is c o n stitu tio n a l rig h ts, th e d a tes o n w h ich h is c o n stitu tio n a l rig h ts w er e vi ol at ed, the harm he s uffe r ed, i f any , fr om eac h vi ol at i on, and the s peci fi c r el i ef s o u g h t.T h is ap p ea l r aises a q u esti o n o f a p p ell ate jurisdicti o n b ec au se th e D istri ct C o u rt ’s 1 or derw as ar guabl ynotfi nal forpurpos es of 28 U . S. C . § 1291. Y oung, how ever , el ect ed to s ta n d o n h is c o m p la in t b yf ilin g a n o tic e o f

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a n a m e n d e d c o m p la in t. T he t i m e forfi l i ng an amended compl ai nthas now pas s ed and w e thus have j ur i s di ct i on t o cons i derY oung’ s appea l pur s uantt o § 1291. B at off v. St at e Farm I ns . C o. , 977 F. 2d 8 4 8 , 8 5 1 n .5 (3 d C ir . 1 9 9 2 ). 3

Y o u n g req u ested ad d it ion al t im e to c o m p lyw ith the D istri ct C o u rt ’s ord er, and, on M ay27, 2009, the D i s tr i ctC our tgr ant ed Y oung an addi t i onal day s 30 t o fi l e an a m e n d e d c o m p la in t.

B efor e the D i s tr i ctC our tent er ed i t s or der , Y oung had fi l ed a vol um i nous num berof document s , w hi ch he appear s t o have i nt ended t o s erve as hi s amended compl ai ntoras exhi bi t s t o an amended compl ai nt . I n a mem or andum dat ed J une 24, 2 0 0 9 , the D istric t C o u rt n o ted th a t Y o u n g h a d su b m itt e d o v e r 1 ,1 0 0 p a g e s o f m a ter ial to th e C o u rt, w h ich d id n o t co m p lyw ith th e re q u ire m e n ts f o r a n a m e n d e d c o m p lain t o r w ith th e D istric t C o u rt’s p re v io u s o rd e r. T h e D istric t C o u rt se t f o rth th e p lea d in g re q u ire m e n ts of Feder al R ul e of Ci vi l Pr ocedur e 8( a) and i nform ed Y oung thathe s houl d r e- s ubm i tany document s he had s entt o the courti f he w i s hed t o i ncorpor at e them i n hi s amended compl ai nt . T he D i s tr i ctC our tgave Y oung an addi t i onal 30 day s t o fi l e an a m ended c o m p lain t, no tin g th a t th e f a ilu re to d o so m ig h t re su lt i n th e d ism iss a l o f h is c a se w ith pr ej udi ce. T hi s appea l fol l ow ed. 1

W e agr ee w i th the D i s tr i ctC our tthatY oung’ s compl ai ntfai l s t o s at i s fythe pl eadi ng r equi r ement s of R ul e 8( a) . Y oung’ s compl ai ntadvanc es cl ai m s of r et al i at i onI n hi s r es pons e t o thi s C our t ’ s not i ce of pos s i bl e s um m aryact i on, Y oung s t at es that 2 he w as tr ans ferr ed fr om M ont gom eryC ountyPr i s on t o w or k r el eas e, thathe w as s tuck w i th a di r tyneedl e w hi l e atw or k ata l andfi l l , and thathe contr act ed hepa t i t i s . Y oung al s o compl ai ns aboutthe condi t i ons of hi s confi nementatM ont gom eryC ountyPr i s on, w hi ch he a s s ert s i ncl uded bea t i ngs bypr i s on s t aff , a ce l l w i thoutrunni ng w at er , and depr i vat i on of m edi cal tr eatm entand ac ces s t o the l aw l i br ary . B eca us e hi s compl ai nt w as di s m i s s ed w i thoutpr ej udi ce, Y oung m ayi ncl ude thes e fa ctual al l egat i ons i n a new com plai nt i f he d eci des t o p ursue hi s cl ai m s. 4 and deni al of ac ces s t o the court s agai ns ta numberof def endant s w i thoutal l egi ng any s uppor t i ng fac t s . H e al s o as s ert s thatotherdefe ndant s ar e r es pons i bl e forgi vi ng hi m an i nfec t i on, thatother s pr ovi ded uns afe w or k condi t i ons , and thatother s t ook m oneyfr om h i s p r i s o n a c c o u n t . Yo u n g h a s n o tp r o v i d e d th e d e f e n d a n t s wi th f

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h i s c l a i ms a nd / orthe gr ou nd s up on w hi c h the yr e s t . Se e Bel l A t l a nt i c Corp. v. Tw ombl y , 55 0 U. S. 544, 555 ( 2007) . T he D i s tr i ctC our tdi d noterri n r equi r i ng Y oung t o fi l e an a m ended compl ai nti n or dert o pur s ue hi s cl ai m s . I n addi t i on, the D i s tr i ctC our tcorr ect l ys t at ed thatY oung’ s s ubm i s s i on of a mul t i tude of doc um ent s i n s uppor tof hi s compl ai ntdi d not c o m p lyw ith its o rd e r to f ile a n a m e n d e d c o m p lain t. 2 B e c a u se th is a p p e a l d o e s n o t ra ise a su b sta n tial q u e stio n , w e w ill su m m a rily af firm the D istri ct C o u rt ’s ord er.

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