JOHNSON v. ATKINS BOYS CLUB, No. 1:2008cv01141 - Document 9 (S.D. Ind. 2008)
Court Description: ENTRY - The final judgment entered in this action will remain in place and any relief which could be thought to be sought through the filings of 09/22/2008 or 10/3/2008 is denied. Signed by Judge David Frank Hamilton on 10/30/2008.(CEB)
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JOHNSON v. ATKINS BOYS CLUB Doc. 9 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF INDIANA JULIUS JOHNSON, Plaintiff, vs. ATKINS BOYS CLUB, Defendant. ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) 1:08-cv-1141-DFH-JMS Entry and Notice This action was dismissed without prejudice on September 19, 2008, based on the plaintiff’s failure to prosecute by failing to file an amended complaint. The initial complaint had been dismissed as unintelligible. In the days following the entry of judgment, the plaintiff filed (a) a notice indicating the defendant’s address, and (b) an untitled document which appears to track a list in which legal terminology is present. If this latter document is thought to be the overdue amended complaint, it fails to warrant relief from the disposition of this section for two reasons. Procedurally, the document was filed after the entry of final judgment, and the law is that after judgment is entered, the complaint can only be amended with "leave of court" and after a successful Rule 59(e) or Rule 60(b) motion. Amendola v. Bayer, 907 F.2d 760, 765 n.5 (7th Cir. 1990) (citing Twohy v. First Nat. Bank, 758 F.2d 1185, 1196 (7th Cir. 1985)). Substantively, the list/amended complaint filed on September 18, 2008, to the extent it is intelligible, fails to state a viable claim for relief. Based on the foregoing, the final judgment entered in this action will remain in place, and any relief which could be thought to be sought through the filings of September 22, 2008, or October 3, 2008, is denied. So ordered. Date: October 30, 2008 _____________________________________ DAVID F. HAMILTON, Chief Judge DAVID F. HAMILTON, CHIEF JUDGE United States District Court United States District Court Southern District of Indiana Dockets.Justia.com Distribution: Julius Johnson P.O. Box 441474 Indianapolis, IN 46244
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