Richard Wallach v. City of Pagedale, Missouri

Plaintiff, Richard Wallach, brought an individual action against the City of Pagedale, Missouri, its mayor, collector-marshal, building commissioner, city clerk, an alderman, and the Globe-Democrat Publishing Company. The District Court granted defendants’ motion to dismiss the complaint for failure to comply with Fed.R.Civ.P. 8(a). 1 We affirm.

There is no doubt that the complaint does not comply with Rule 8(a) as it does not contain “a short and plain statement of the claim showing that the pleader is entitled to relief.” The complaint is confusing, ambiguous, redundant, vague, and, in some…