Courtland Lindsay v. Whitehouse Police Department,, No. 14-40945 (5th Cir. 2015)

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Case: 14-40945 Document: 00512939508 Page: 1 Date Filed: 02/18/2015 IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT No. 14-40945 Summary Calendar United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit FILED February 18, 2015 COURTLAND DEWAYNE LINDSAY, Plaintiff - Appellant Lyle W. Cayce Clerk v. WHITEHOUSE POLICE DEPARTMENT; TYLER FIRE AND EMERGENCY, Tyler, TX 75701-09; CITY OF WHITEHOUSE, Patrol Unit 101 Bascom Whitehouse, TX 75791; OFFICER BRYAND; OFFICER S. JOHNSON, Whitehouse PD, Defendants - Appellees Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas USDC No. 6:13-cv-677 Before DAVIS, CLEMENT, and COSTA, Circuit Judges. PER CURIAM:* The district court dismissed Lindsay’s Amended Complaint for failure to provide a short and plain statement of the grounds for federal jurisdiction or such a statement of a claim showing that he is entitled to relief. 1 See Fed. R. Pursuant to 5TH CIR. R. 47.5, the court has determined that this opinion should not be published and is not precedent except under the limited circumstances set forth in 5TH CIR. R. 47.5.4. * 1 The Amended Complaint stated: Case: 14-40945 Document: 00512939508 Page: 2 Date Filed: 02/18/2015 No. 14-40945 Civ. P. 8(a). Lindsay’s largely unintelligible brief on appeal cannot cure, and does not even address, these deficiencies in his pleading. His appeal is accordingly DISMISSED. Here is my Amended Complaint. Motion to policy under the fundamental philosophy of the American constitutional form of representative government that adheres to the principle that government is the servant and not the master of the people. Citing page 2 of 115 of Government Code Subchapter A. General Provisions. 2

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