Delorean v. First Horizon Home Loans, et al

Filing 32

ORDER: Adopting Magistrate Judge Clarke's R & R 28 . Plaintiff is granted 20 days to file an amended complaint. Failure to file an amended complaint will result in dismissal with prejudice. IT IS SO ORDERED. Signed on 11/15/2010 by Judge Owen M. Panner. (dkj)

Delorean v. First Horizon Home Loans, et al

Doc. 32

IN THE UNITED STATES D I S T R I C T COURT FOR THE D I S T R I C T OF OREGON

L E S L I E DELOREAN Plaintiff,
v.

Civ. No. 10-3021-CL

ORDER
F I R S T HORIZON HOME LOANS, MERS AND DOES 1 - 1 0 , Defendants.

PANNER, J .

M a g i s t r a t e J u d g e M a r k D. C l a r k e f i l e d a R e p o r t a n d R e c o r r u n e n d a t i o n (lJR & R lJ ) [#28J, and t h e m a t t e r i s now b e f o r e t h i s F e d . R . C i v . P . 7 2 ( b ) . On

c o u r t . See 28 U.S.C. § 636(b) (1) (B),

October 26, p l a i n t i f f f i l e d a Notice of Amended Complaint and R e q u e s t F o r S u r r u n a r y J u d g m e n t On P l e a d i n g s [ # 3 0 J , w h i c h I c o n s t r u e

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as o b j e c t i o n s t o t h e R & R. 1 A c c o r d i n g l y , I h a v e r e v i e w e d t h e f i l e o f t h i s case de nevo. See 28 U.S.C. § 636(b) (1) ( c ) ; McDonnell Douglas Corp. v. Commodore Bus. Mach., I n c . , 656 F.2d

1309, 1313 (9th Cir. 1981). I conclude the R & R i s correct. Plaintiff is advised that a complaint need not contain c i t a t i o n t o c a s e law. A c o m p l a i n t , a s s t a t e d i n Fed. R. C i v . P. 8 ( a ) a n d n o t e d i n t h e R & R, n e e d o n l y c o n t a i n a s h o r t a n d concise statement of the facts giving rise to plaintiff's claims. P l a i n t i f f ' s amended corrplaint, while c i t i n g ample case law, contains almost no s p e c i f i c factual allegations r e l a t i n g to t h i s p a r t i c u l a r defendant. P l a i n t i f f must, a t a minimum, enable the defendant and the court to determine what claims p l a i n t i f f r a i s e s . P l a i n t i f f ' s Memorandum of Points and A u t h o r i t i e s , A r g u m e n t o f t h e P l a i n t i f f , a n d C a s e Law s e c t i o n s , s i g n i f i c a n t l y add to the length of complaint's clarity. I t is clear that plaintiff hcs exercised substantial ingenuity in the preparation of this complaint. Rather than (apparently) cutting and pasting various legal arguments from various sources, p l a i n t i f f may well be b e t t e r o f f by simply a l l e g i n g how t h i s p a r t i c u l a r d e f e n d a n t h a r m e d h e r . F o r e x a m p l e ,
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complaint yet detract from the

To t h e e x t e n t p l a i n t i f f ' s f i l i n g i s a S e c o n d A m e n d e d Complaint or Motion for Summary Judgment, i t i s not referenced i n the R & Rand - l i k e defendant's motion to dismiss [31J - i s not subject to this order. 2 - ORDER

if p l a i n t i f f f e e l s d e f e n d a n t i s c o n d u c t i n g a w r o n g f u l foreclosure, plaintiff should simply say so. Is defendant harming p l a i n t i f f because defendant lacks the "note?" Did

defendant violate the Fair Debt Collection Reporting Act? I f so, how? Succinct factual allegations, as opposed to numerous pages of legal citations relating to numerous different legal theories, may allow the defendant and the c o u r t t o determine the b a s i s of defendant's claims. Only after the defendant and court determine the basis of plaintiff's claims will the parties potentially proceed to the merits cf those claims. Following the factual a l l e g a t i o n s , p l a i n t i f f may wish t o s e p a r a t e l y s t a t e each particular claim to relief raised.

CONCLUSION
Magistrate Judge Clarke's R & R [#28] i s adopted. P l a i n t i f f i s granted 20 days t o f i l e an amended complaint. F a i l u r e t o f i l e an amended complaint will r e s u l t in dismissal with prejudice.
I T I S SO ORDERED.

DATED t h i s

:. I E d a y o f N o v e m b e r , 2 0 1 0 . ,d

OWEN M. PANNER U . S . D I S T R I C T JUDGE

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