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Adams v. United States Department of State

D.D.C.July 10, 2013No. Civil Action No. 2013-1041
DismissedU.S. Department of State
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Case Details

Judge(s)
Judge Rudolph Contreras
Status — whether other courts must follow this ruling
Published
Procedural Posture — the stage the case had reached
motion to dismiss

Related Laws

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Outcome

The court dismissed the plaintiff's complaint for failure to comply with Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 8(a), finding the 261-paragraph amended complaint too confused, ambiguous, and unintelligible to provide defendants with fair notice of the claims.

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