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(42,684 posts)I handled a case for a client in a different district court (District of Mass) in which a pro se litigant with a litigious history, filed a complaint alleging RICO, fraud, Sherman Act and other violations against a list of individuals and companies that included his cable operator, ebay, google, paypal, and some banks. I never got a chance to file a motion to dismiss on behalf of my client. First the court ordered the complainant to amend his complaint to comply with the substantive pleading standards of the court. Then after the plaintiff filed an amended complaint that was only slightly less rambling, the court, citing its inherent authority to manage cases, dismissed the complaint with prejudice on its own motion.
Judges don't like these sorts of unmanageable complaints that throw around broad conspiracy allegations that would be nearly impossible for a defendant to respond to cogently.