CORNELIUS LOPES V. KEVIN DELEON, ET AL, No. 21-16476 (9th Cir. 2023)

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NOT FOR PUBLICATION UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FILED FEB 22 2023 MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT CORNELIUS LOPES, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. U.S. COURT OF APPEALS No. 21-16476 D.C. No. 3:20-cv-07758-CRB MEMORANDUM* KEVIN DELEON; NANCY PELOSI; GAVIN NEWSOM; MARIA ELENA DURAZO; ELOISE GOMEZ REYES; JOAQUIN CASTRO; JANET NAPOLITANO; TONI ATKINS; ELENI KOUNALAKIS; ROBERT HERTZBERG; SHANNON GROVE; WILLIAM SCOTT; CONNIE LEYVA; MIKE MCGUIRE; JIM NIELSEN; ERIKA CONTRERAS; KATRINA RODRIQUEZ; XAVIER BECERRA; ALEX PADILLA, Secretary of State of California; BOD ARCHULETA; LORI COX; ANISSA BASOCOVILLAREAL; CARL GUARDINO; BRIAN BRENNAN; PATRICK YOES; FRATERNAL ORDER OF POLICE; PATRICK LYNCH; POLICE BENEVOLENT ASSOCIATION OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK, Defendants-Appellees. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern District of California * This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3. Charles R. Breyer, District Judge, Presiding Submitted February 14, 2023** Before: FERNANDEZ, FRIEDLAND, and H.A. THOMAS, Circuit Judges. Cornelius Lopes appeals pro se from the district court’s judgment dismissing his action alleging various federal and state law claims. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291. We review de novo a dismissal for failure to comply with the pleading requirements of Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 8. Pickern v. Pier 1 Imports (U.S.), Inc., 457 F.3d 963, 968 (9th Cir. 2006). We affirm. The district court properly dismissed Lopes’s action for failure to comply with Rule 8(a) because Lopes’s operative complaint was vague, confusing, and failed to allege clearly the bases for his claims. See Fed. R. Civ. P. 8(a)(2) (requiring that a pleading contain “a short and plain statement of the claim showing that the pleader is entitled to relief”); McHenry v. Renne, 84 F.3d 1172, 1177 (9th Cir. 1996) (affirming dismissal of a complaint under Rule 8 because it was “argumentative, prolix, replete with redundancy, and largely irrelevant”). The district court did not abuse its discretion by denying further leave to amend and striking Lopes’s proposed amended complaint because the proposed amended complaint did not comply with Rule 8(a). See Cafasso, U.S. ex rel. v. ** The panel unanimously concludes this case is suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed. R. App. P. 34(a)(2). 2 21-16476 Gen. Dynamics C4 Sys., Inc., 637 F.3d 1047, 1058-59 (9th Cir. 2011) (explaining that denial of leave to amend was not an abuse of discretion where proposed pleading failed to comply with Rule 8); Ready Transp., Inc. v. AAR Mfg., Inc., 627 F.3d 402, 404 (9th Cir. 2010) (district court has inherent power to control its docket, including power to strike items from the docket). All pending motions are denied. AFFIRMED. 3 21-16476

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