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134 F.3d 377

Docket No. 97-35155. D.C. No. CV-96-06029-OMP.

Folsom v. Cook

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Submitted Jan. 12, 1998**. Decided Jan. 16, 1998.

Relies on Ferdik v. Bonzelet · Fidelity National Title Insurance Company of California, a California Corporation v. National Westminster Bank, U.S.A., a New York Banking Corporation

Decided 1998-01-16

NOTICE: Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3 provides that dispositions other than opinions or orders designated for publication are not precedential and should not be cited except when relevant under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel.

Before BROWNING, KLEINFELD, and THOMAS, Circuit Judges.

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MEMORANDUM*

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We affirm the district court's dismissal without prejudice of California state prisoner James Folsom's 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action, based on his failure to comply with the pleading requirements of Fed.R.Civ.P. 8 that his complaint contain a "short and plain statement of the claim." See Fed.R.Civ.P. 41(b); Ferdik v. Bonzelet, 963 F.2d 1258, 1260 (9th Cir.1992).

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AFFIRMED.

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The panel unanimously finds this case suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed. R.App. P. 34(a); 9th Cir. R. 34-4

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This disposition is not appropriate for publication and may not be cited to or by the courts of this circuit except as provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3

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