Farley v. Clarke et al, No. 7:2018cv00634 - Document 22 (W.D. Va. 2019)
Court Description: MEMORANDUM OPINION. Signed by Senior Judge Jackson L. Kiser on 7/9/2019. (tvt)
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tkeRK' s OFFICE u.s. DIST.COURT ', AT nANVILLE,VA FILED JUL 2! 2219 IN T H E U NITED STA TES DISTRIC T C O UR T FO R TH E W ESTE RN DISTRICT O F V IR G IN IA R O A NO K E DIW SIO N D ARR ELL FA R I,EY , Plaintiff, V. H AROLD CLAQK E,etaI., D efendants. JU BK 0.DUDLR CLE D DEPUTY CLERK CivilA ction N o.7:18-:v-00634 ) ) ) ) ) ) ) M EM OM NDUM OPINION By: H on.Jackson L.Kiser Senior U nited StatesD istrictJudge DarrellFarley,aVirginiainm ateproceedingpro r ,com menced thisaction pttrsuantto 42 U.S.C.j 1983 againstmore than 30 officials and employees ofthe Virginia Department of Corrections (ççVDOC'') and one of its prison facilities, Buckingham Correctional Center (;%BKCC''). The courtconditionally filed Farley'scomplaint,advised him thatthe nmended complaintCtfailed to cormectany defendantto theconductofwllich he complained''and did not complywithRules8and10oftheFederalRulesofCivilProcedlzre,bothofwhichthecourtquoied in theorder. (Order!2,EECF No.201). Accordingly,the courtrequired Farley to fileanew pleading thatwould supporthisclaim s(twith specific actscom mittedby specificdefendants.''1d. Thecourtnotiûed Farley thatthenm ended complaint m ustbe a new pleading thatstands by itselfw ithout reference to a com plaint, attachm ents,oram endm entsalreàdy filed.Plaintifr sfilingsto datew illnotbe considered by the court and should not be referenced by plaintiff in the proposed am ended com plaint.The courtrequiresplaintiff'sproposed am endm ent to confonn to theFederalRulesofCivilProcedm e8 and 10.A key copponentof a civil com plaint is çCa short and plain statem ent of the claim show ing that the , Farley v. Clarke et al pleader is entitled to relief.''Fed.R.Civ.P.8(a)(2) (emphasis added).This Doc. 22 provision requires thata civilplaintiffm uststate notonly the legalconclusion that he believeshe can prove againstthe defendant,butalso m uststate factsEsshow ing'' whatthedefendantdid thatallegedly violatesplaintiffsrights....FAILURE TO AM END THE COM PLAINT W ITHIN FOURTEEN (14)DAYS FROM THE Dockets.Justia.com DATE OF THIS ORDER TO CO RRECT THE NOTED DEFICIENCIES, SHALLRESULTINDISG SSALOFTHECOMPLAINT. ld.at2-3. In responsetothe court'sorder,Farley filed an amended com plaint,nam ingm orethan 30 prison officials as defendants,plus 11 Jolm Doe defendants. In it,he presents eightnllmbered claims,alleging (1)sexualassaultby John Does 1through 11;(2)sexualassaultby Elizabeth Thornton;(3)breachofdutytoprotectbythenameddefendants;(4)violationofGenderM otivated CrimesActby thenamed defendants;(5)failureto adhere/adoptagrievanceprocedureby the nnmeddefendants:(6)retaliationbythenameddefendantsforFarley'sreportingunconstitutional conduct;(7)denialofairconditioningbythenameddefendants;and (8)being subjectedto poor air quality by the nnm ed defendants. The nm ended com plaint does not describe w ith any particularity any action involving Farley by individual defendants,including the John D oes,on any particulardate. The documentstateslegalconclusionswith no factualallegationsto support thoseconclusions.Thus,Farley hasnotcomplied with thecourt'sorder. Specifically,hehasnot provided suffk ientdetailsabouthisclaim sto allow any defendanttorespond,despitethecourt's expressdirection to provide such details. See BellAtl.Com .v.Twom bly,550 U .S.544,555 (2007)(notingthatcomplaintmustgivedefendantstifairnoticeofwhatgplaintiff's)claimgsarej andthegrotmdsuponwhichgthey)restg)'')(citationomitted).Thus,Farleyhasnotcompliedwith the court's order.l A ccordingly, Iw illsum m arily dism iss this case. Because it is possible for Farley to cùrethe pleading'sdeficienciesand continuethe litigation in a future,separate action, ! Additionally,Farley'samendedcomplaint,likehisinitialcomplaint,attemptstojoin unrelated claims againsttm related defendants in an omnibuspleadingthatiscompleteiy inconsistentw ith the FederalRulesofCivil Procedlzre.SeeFed.R.Civ.P.18,20.Farleysimply cannotpursuein onelawsuitevely legalclaim thathemay have againstprison officialsoverthecourseofhiscriminalsentence. - 2- thedismissalwillbewithoutprejudice.See,e.g.,Domino SugarCop .v.SuaarW orkersLocal Union 392,16F.3d1064,1066-67(4thCir.1993).Anappropriateorderwillenterthisday. The derk willsend a copy ofthismemorandum opinion and the accom panying orderto the plaintiff. ENTERED this day ofJuly,2019. NI R UNITED STATESDISTRICT JUDGE - 3-
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