In this task, you will be shown a prompt from a judicial decision and multiple holding statements derived from citations following text in a legal decision.  Holdings represent the governing legal rule when the law is applied to a particular set of facts. There are five answer choices for each citing text. The correct answer is the holding statement that corresponds to the citing text. The four incorrect answers are other holding statements. You should find the correct option. There is a <HOLDING> token in the position of the citing text prompt where the holding statement was extracted.

with the same deficiency — the court should strike his pleading or, depending on the circumstances, dismiss his case and consider the imposition of monetary sanctions.”). We are not, however, convinced that the instant case was one with respect to which a dismissal with prejudice was appropriate under the circumstances. Moreover, a complaint — so long as it is minimally sufficient to put a defendant on notice of the claims against him — will not fail for mere surplusage. See United States ex rel. Garst v. Lockheed-Martin Corp., 328 F.3d 374, 378 (7th Cir.2003) (“Surplusage can and should be ignored. Instead of insisting that the parties perfect their pleadings, a judge should bypass the dross and get on with the case.”); Davis v. Ruby Foods, Inc., 269 F.3d 818, 820 (7th Cir.2001) (<HOLDING>). We have recognized that “[pleading facts not 
 Holding statements: (A) holding it was not an abuse of discretion to exclude testimony (B) holding failure to exercise discretion is abuse of discretion (C) holding that the appropriate standard of review is abuse of discretion (D) holding that it is an abuse of discretion  to dismiss a complaint merely because of the presence of superfluous matter (E) holding it was not an abuse of discretion to deny funds
(D)

any physician that described her as obese, much less gave an opinion that her weight imposed additional limitations upon her or exacerbated her other conditions. Therefore, even if Reynolds’ silence on the issue of obesity is not deemed to waive consideration of that issue, it does not appear that evidence existed regarding her obesity that the ALJ should have considered. The ALJ also did not err in assessing Reynolds’ credibility. An ALJ is in the best position to observe witnesses’ de meanor and to make an appropriate evaluation as to their credibility. Walters v. Comm’r of Soc. Sec., 127 F.3d 525, 531 (6th Cir.1997). Therefore, an ALJ’s credibility assessment will not be disturbed “absent compelling reason.” Smith v. Halter, 307 F.3d 377, 379 (6th Cir.2001); Walters, 127 F.3d at 531 (<HOLDING>). In making a credibility determination, Social 
 Holding statements: (A) holding that agency interpretation which is reasonable is entitled to deference (B) holding that the courts conclusion that transfer was appropriate is to be accorded great deference (C) holding that the district courts credibility assessments are entitled to deference and reviewed for clear error (D) recognizing aljs credibility assessment is entitled to great weight and deference (E) holding that an unambiguous plea agreement is entitled to great evidentiary weight
(D)

the mootness doctrine as it pertains to land use challenges. For this reason, I decline to adopt CME's reasoning. CONCLUSION 34 CME's claims are now moot because CME does not have a right that will be affected if the district court were to declare Tocele County's decisions unenforceable. CME does not have any potentially affected property rights because CME does not own, nor does CME at this time lease, any property in the vicinity of the corridor. Further, the mootness doctrine prohibits land use challenges from continuing after all of the litigant's relevant property rights have been transferred. For these reasons, I would dismiss this appeal. 4 35 Justice WILKINS concurs in Associate Chief Justice DURRANTS dissenting opinion. 1 . Richards v. Baum, 914 P.2d 719, 720 (Utah 1996) (<HOLDING>). 2 . McRae v. Jackson, 526 P.2d 1190, 1191 
 Holding statements: (A) holding that an appeal became moot when the party sold the real estate that formed the basis of the claims (B) holding unenforceable a contract for real estate commissions formed by an unlicensed corporation (C) holding that a tax appeal on real property is a lien on the real estate and not a personal obligation of the landowner (D) holding appeal moot on this basis (E) holding that trustee may bring assigned creditor claims where estate is the real party in interest

(A)