Long v. Forty Niners Football Company, LLC

Filing 4

ORDER REQUIRING FILING OF AMENDED COMPLAINT. Amended Pleading due by 4/28/2014. Signed by Judge Jon S. Tigar on April 18, 2014. (wsn, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 4/18/2014)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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DANIEL LONG,

Case No. 14-cv-01787-JST

Plaintiff,
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v.

ORDER REQUIRING FILING OF
AMENDED COMPLAINT

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United States District Court
Northern District of California

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FORTY NINERS FOOTBALL COMPANY,
LLC,
Defendant.

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The Court is in receipt of the complaint in this action, which was filed yesterday. In

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several of its paragraphs, the complaint quotes from a ticket to a professional football game that

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that Plaintiff allegedly purchased from Defendant. See, e.g., ECF No. 1 at ¶¶ 5, 7 and 14. The

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quoted portions of the ticket are reproduced in 6-point type, which is the type size Plaintiff alleges

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Defendant used on the ticket. Id.

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Civil Local Rule 3-4(c)(2) provides, in pertinent part:

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Typewritten text may be no less than standard pica or 12-point type in the Courier
font or equivalent, spaced 10 characters per horizontal inch. Printed text, produced
on a word processor or other computer, may be proportionally spaced, provided the
type may not be smaller than 12-point standard font (e.g., Times New Roman). The
text of footnotes and quotations must also conform to these font requirements.

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While the Court appreciates that Plaintiff may be attempting to show the Court how hard it

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was for him to read the text on his ticket, it defeats the purpose of a complaint, and it violates the

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Local Rules, for him intentionally to make it more difficult for the Court to read the text.

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Plaintiff is ordered to file an amended complaint within ten days of this order that complies

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with Rule 3-4(c)(2). Such amendment shall not count against Plaintiff's right to amend his

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complaint once as a matter of course. Fed. R. Civ. P. 15.

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Plaintiff shall not cite this order as a suggestion that the Court makes or implies any

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finding regarding the adequacy of the size of the text on Defendant's tickets. The Court makes no

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such finding. The Court is merely addressing Plaintiff's violation of the Local Rules.

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IT IS SO ORDERED.
Dated: April 18, 2014
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JON S. TIGAR
United States District Judge

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United States District Court
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