Legal Opinion
Townsend v. United States
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided October 16, 2017No. Civil Action No. 15–1644 (BAH)PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Chief Judge Beryl A. Howell
In this two-year-old case, the plaintiff, Mark William Townsend, moves for leave to amend his First Amended Complaint ("FAC"), ECF No. 35, after twenty of the plaintiff's twenty-one counts were dismissed for failure to state a claim upon which relief can be granted, see Townsend v. United States, et al. , 236 F.Supp.3d 280 (D.D.C. 2017) (" Townsend I "). Specifically, the plaintiff seeks to add a number of allegations to his 101-page FAC, while dropping some claims entirely, in an attempt to "cure" his complaint. See generally Pl.'s Mem. Supp. Mot. Leave to Amend…
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