Legal Opinion

Julia McCain Lampkin-Asam v. Volusia County School

Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit

Decided January 9, 2008No. 07-12704UnpublishedCited by 140 opinions

Non-Argument Calendar.

1Per curiam

Julia McCain Lampkin-Asam appeals the district court’s sua sponte dismissal of her second amended complaint for violating the command of Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 8(a)(2) that her complaint contain “a short and plain statement of the claim[s] showing that [she] is entitled to relief.” Lampkin-Asam contends that her complaint complied with Rule 8 and that the district court held her to an excessively high standard, as she is a pro se litigant.

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Lampkin-Asam is, according to her complaint, a substitute teacher, a “cancer scientist,” and a former attorney. 1 In her second amended complaint,…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. Larry Bonner v. City of Prichard, AlabamaCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1981
  2. McNeil v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1993
  3. GJR Investments, Inc. v. County of EscambiaCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1998
  4. Herman Friedlander, Etc., Cross-Appellees v. Jerry C. Nims, Timex Corporation, Cross-AppellantCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1985
  5. Fernando Mesa Valderrama v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 2005

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3Cited by140 opinions

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  3. Tonea v. Bank of America, N.A.District Court, N.D. Georgia · 2014
  4. Canty v. FRY'S ELECTRONICS, INC.District Court, N.D. Georgia · 2010
  5. Weinstein v. City of North Bay VillageDistrict Court, S.D. Florida · 2013

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