Jane Doe v. Federal District Court

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467 F. App'x 725
United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth CircuitFebruary 3, 201208-16942California890 words

Opinion

Opinion

MEMORANDUM

Jane Doe appeals pro se from the district court’s order dismissing her case. Doe’s amended complaint raised numerous claims against multiple federal, state and private parties, apparently arising out of incidents of involuntary commitment in 2005 and 2006. We have jurisdiction over this matter pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1291 . The facts of the case are known to the parties. We repeat them only as necessary.

I

Doe first argues that the district court erred by holding that the amended complaint failed to comply with the pleading requirements and by granting defendants’ motions to dismiss for failure to state a claim and motions for summary judgment.

We review the district court’s grant of a motion to dismiss for failure to state a claim de novo. Knievel v. ESPN, 393 F.3d 1068, 1072 (9th Cir.2005). The district court correctly held that Doe’s amended complaint did not comport with the pleading standards set forth in Rules 8(a) and 9(b) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. A complaint “does not require ‘detailed factual allegations’ but it demands more than an unadorned, the-defendant-unlawfully-harmed-me accusation.” Ashcroft v. Iqbal, 556 U.S. 662 , 129 S.Ct. 1937,…

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