Is a complaint that is too confusing and prolix to perform the essential functions of the complaint subject to dismissal under Rule 8?
MultiRegion, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Gentleman Marshall Franchise Marshall Pfeiffer Known v. Gen. Motors/ Corp., Case No.: 18-CV-2551-GPC-JLB (S.D. Cal. 2019):
Complaints that are too confusing and prolix to "perform the essential functions of a complaint" are subject to dismissal under Rule 8. See, e.g., McHenry v. Renne, 84 F.3d 1172, 1177-80 (9th Cir. 1996) (upholding a Rule 8(a) dismissal of a complaint that was
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