Montano v. Salt Lake County Jail et al
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Order Granting Motions to Amend Complaint;MEMORANDUM DECISION granting 11 Motion to Amend/Correct; granting 13 Motion for Leave to File; granting 23 Motion to Amend/Correct. Signed by Judge David Sam on 12/19/11. (jmr)
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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRI~,COURT
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ORDER ~~'J!I.ONS TO
THOMAS A. MONTANO,
AMENDCOMP~NT;
Plaintiff,
MEMORANDUM DECISION
v.
Case No. 2:11-CV-174 DS
SALT LAKE COUNTY JAIL STAFF et al.,
District Judge David Sam
Defendants.
Plaintiff, Thomas A. Montano, an inmate at Utah State
Prison, filed this pro se
1983 (2011).
1 rights suit.
S~e
42 U.S.C.S. §
The Court grants Plaintiff's mot
to amend his
complaint.
Instructions to Plaintiff
Under Rule 8 of
complaint is requi
Federal Rules of Civil Procedure a
to contain "(1) a short and
n statement
of the grounds upon which the court's jurisdiction depends,
.
(2) a short and plain statement of the claim showing that the
pleader is entit
to relief, and (3) a demand for judgment for
relief the pleader seeks."
.
Fed. R. Civ. P. 8(a).
The
requirements of Rule 8(a) are intended to guarantee lit
defendants enjoy
r notice of what the claims aga
and the grounds upOn which they rest."
st them are
TV Commnc'ns Network,
Inc. v. ESPN, Inc., 767 F. Supp. 1062, 1069 (D. Colo. 1991),
aff'd, 964 F.2d 1022 (10th Cir. 1992).
Pro se lit
s are not excu
from compliance with t
minimal pleading requirements of Rule 8.
"This is so because a
pro se plaintiff requires no special legal tra
ing to recount
the facts surrounding his alleged injury, and he must provi
s if the court is to
such
claim on
ch reI
ermine whether he makes out a
f can be granted."
1106, 1009 (lOth Cir. 1991).
Moreover, "it is not the proper
function of the Court to assume the ro
litigant."
addit
Id. at 1110.
1 facts,
that assumes
Hall v. Bellman, 935 F.2d
of advocate for a pro se
Thus, the Court cannot "supply
[or] construct a legal theory ·for plaintiff
s that have not been pleaded."
Dunn v. White,
880 F.2d 1188, 1197 (10th Cir. 1989).
intiff should consider t
re
ling his complaint.
following points before
First, the
sed comglaint must stand
entirely on its own and shall not refer to, or incorporate by
reference, any portion
any
complaint.
See Murray v.
Archambo, 132 F.3d 609, 612 (lOth Cir. 1998)
(stating amended
complaint supercedes original).
complaint must
Second,
clearly state what each individual defendant did to violate
Plaintiff's
viI rights.
1262-63 (10th Cir. 1976)
See Bennett v. Pa
c, 545 F.2d 1260,
(stating personal participation of each
2
named defendant is essential allegation in civil rights action).
"To state a c
im, a complaint must 'make clear exactly who is
alleged to have done wha t to whom.'"
2222, sl
op. at 4 (10th Cir. July 20, 2009)
(emphasis in original)
(quot
Third, PIa
someone as a defendant based so
1996)
See Mit
(stating
support liability under
wa
iff cannot name
lyon his or her supe
1 v. Maynard,
rvis
(qnpublished)
Robbins v. Oklahoma, 519 F.3d
1242, 1250 (10th Cir. 2008)).
position.
Stone v. Albert, No. 08
80 F.3d 1433, 1441 (10th Cir.
status alone is' insuf
§
1983).
sory
And, fourth,
cient to
Plaintiff is
that litigants who have had three in forma pauperis cases
dismissed as frivolous or meritless will be restricted from
filing future lawsuits without prepaying fees.
ORDER
IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that:
(1) PIa
(See Doc
(2)
iff's motions to amend his complaint are GRANTED.
Entry #s 11, 13,
&
23.)
Plaintiff shall have thirty days from
order to amend his complaint; and,
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date of this
(3) the Clerk's
ce shall mail P
iff a copy of the
Pro Se Litigant Guide.
DATED this
/
~ay
of December, 2011.
BY THE COURT:
JU
United States District Court
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