Rosales

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 Walter J. Rosales, et al., No. 2:20-cv-0052 1-KJM-KJN Plaintiffs, ORDER Vv. United States Department of Interior, et al., 1S Defendants. 16 A complaint must include “a short and plain statement of the claim showing that the 18 pleader is entitled to relief.” Fed. R. Civ. P. 8(a)(2). A plaintiff who does not comply with this 19 rule risks sanctions, including dismissal with prejudice. See Fed. R. Civ. P. 41(b); Nevijel v. N. Coast Life Ins. Co., 651 F.2d 671, 673-74 (9th Cir. 1981). Dismissal with prejudice is a “severe” sanction to be sure. Thompson v. Hous. Auth. of City of L.A., 782 F.2d 829, 831 (9th Cir. 1986) (percuriam). Sometimes it is the right one. That is true here, as explained below. This action is dismissed with prejudice. The operative complaint in this case, the second amended complaint, is relatively short, 25 reaching only 17 pages, but it does not contain…