BENNETT v. SCHMIDT

No. 97-4198.

153 F.3d 516 (1998)

Valerie BENNETT, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Marie SCHMIDT, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided August 31, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Douglas M. Grimes (argued), Gary, IN, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Thomas J. Canna, John F. Canna, Dawn M. Hinkle (argued), Canna & Canna, Orland Park, IL, for Defendants-Appellees.

Before BAUER, HARLINGTON WOOD, JR., and EASTERBROOK, Circuit Judges.


EASTERBROOK, Circuit Judge.

The district court dismissed this employment-discrimination case, 1997 WL 760495, 1997 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 19034, ruling that, at 12 "repetitious, rambling, and disorganized" pages, the complaint is not "a short and plain statement of the claim showing that the pleader is entitled to relief". Fed.R.Civ.P. 8(a)(2). Because the complaint did not lay out facts that would be essential to support a decision for plaintiff on the merits, the district...

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