Hanley v. CITY OF HOUSTON et al

Filing 14

ORDER OF DISMISSAL entered: GRANTING 5 MOTION to Dismiss Pursuant to FRCP 12(b)(6), GRANTING 11 MOTION to Dismiss ,GRANTING 9 MOTION to Dismiss , MOOTING 12 First MOTION for Continuance of Rule 16 Conference. Case terminated on 9/1/17 (Signed by Chief Judge Lee H Rosenthal) Parties notified.(leddins, 4)

United States District Court
Southern District of Texas

ENTERED
IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS
HOUSTON DIVISION
HAMPTON RON HANLEY,
Plaintiff,
v.
CITY OF HOUSTON, et al.,
Defendants.

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September 01, 2017
David J. Bradley, Clerk

CIVIL ACTION NO. H-17-2307

ORDER OF DISMISSAL
The plaintiff, Hampton Ron Hanley, has filed a lengthy complaint against a number of
defendants. Although this case was removed to federal court, this case is like one of many cases
Hanley has filed in the federal courts in this division.1 All have been dismissed as unintelligible or
frivolous. Hanley seeks $100 billion in damages. A review of the complaint reveals a confusing,
unintelligible document containing rambling allegations about events beginning in 1989. Rule 8(a)
of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure provides that “[a] pleading that states a claim for relief must
contain: (1) a short and plain statement of the grounds for the court’s jurisdiction . . . ; (2) a short
and plain statement of the claim showing that the pleader is entitled to relief; and (3) a demand for
the relief sought . . . .” The Rule requires a short and plain statement to give the defendants fair
notice of the claim and the grounds on which it rests. Bell Atl. Corp. v. Twombly, 550 U.S. 544, 555
(2007). Even reading Hanley’s complaint with the liberal approach for pleadings filed by an
unrepresented plaintiff, it is unintelligible. The motions to dismiss are granted, (Docket Entry Nos.

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Based on Hampton’s history as a frivolous litigant, a preclusion order that was entered

against him in 2009, see Hanley v. City of Houston, et al., Civ. No. H-09-71, August 5, 2009.

5, 9, 11). This case is dismissed with prejudice for failure to comply with the Federal Rules of Civil
Procedure.

SIGNED on September 1, 2017, at Houston, Texas.
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Lee H. Rosenthal
Chief United States District Judge

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