Mchenry v. Renne

84 F.3d 1172 34 Fed.R.Serv.3d 1555 , 96 Cal. Daily Op. Serv. 3749 , 96 Daily Journal D.A.R. 6102 Keith McHENRY; Eric Warren, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Louise RENNE; John Willett; Charles Gallman; Frank Reed; Mary Burns; Timothy Hettrich; (Fnu) Blackwell; Edward Garcia; Mark Hernandez; Robert Battaglia; Robert J. Brodnik; S. Quadrelli; R. Farris, # 12212; John Does 1-10; Dirk Beijen; Richard Hongisto; Russell Matli # 1751 and the City and County of San Francisco, Defendants-Appellees. No. 94-15179. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted June 14, 1995. Decided May 28, 1996. Randy Baker, Berkeley, California, for plaintiffs-appellants. Margaret W. Baumgartner, Deputy City Attorney, San Francisco, California, for defendants-appellees. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern District of California, Vaughn R. Walker, District Judge, Presiding. D.C. No. CV-92-01154-VRW. Before: GOODWIN, FARRIS and KLEINFELD, Circuit Judges. KLEINFELD, Circuit Judge: 1 The district judge dismissed plaintiffs' complaint under Federal Rules of Civil Procedure 8, 12, and 41 because it did not contain a short and plain statement of their claims for relief,…