""As every member of the bar of every federal court knows (or is presumed to know), Rule 8(a), Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, requires that a complaint include 'a short and plain statement of the claim showing that the pleader is entitled to relief,'" Judge Merryday begins, noting that the plaintiff spends 79 of those pages detailing 'many, often repetitive, and laudatory (toward President Trump) but superfluous allegations.'"
""As every lawyer knows (or is presumed to know), a complaint is not a public forum for vituperation and invective - not a protected platform to rage against an adversary,""
""decades of magnificent real estate achievements," "sui generis charisma and unique business acumen," "transcendent ability to defy wrongful conventions," and his "one-of-a-kind, unprecedented personal brand alone [which] is reasonably estimated to be worth over $100,000,000,000.""
President Trump filed an 85-page defamation complaint against the New York Times in the Tampa Division of the Middle District of Florida. Judge Steven Merryday struck the entire complaint for standing, finding it "unmistakably and inexcusably athwart the requirements of Rule 8." The judge criticized roughly 79 pages of repetitive, laudatory, and superfluous allegations praising real estate achievements and brand valuation, deeming many allegations irrelevant. The court emphasized that Rule 8 requires a short and plain statement and that a complaint is not a forum for vituperation and invective. The case was filed in Tampa rather than the Southern District where the plaintiff resides.
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