CAM FERENBACH, Magistrate Judge.
Before the court are the Defendants'
"A party may move for a more definite statement of a pleading to which a responsive pleading is allowed but which is so vague or ambiguous that the party cannot reasonably prepare a response." FED. R. CIV. P. 12(e). "The motion . . . must point out the defects complained of and the details desired." Id. "If the court orders a more definite statement and the order is not obeyed within 14 days after notice of the order or within the time the court sets, the court may strike the pleading or issue any other appropriate order." Id.
The Defendants characterize Williams's complaint as a stream of consciousness recitation of the Defendants alleged wrongdoing: "[a]fter seven introductory paragraphs, the Complaint becomes a four and one-half page long narrative of unnumbered and unstructured allegations." (ECF No. 8 at 2) The Defendants continue, "[t]he paragraphs are a mixture of factual allegations and legal conclusions that contain no separate statement of facts or causes of action. Without some degree of precision and separation, Defendants cannot accurately respond to the Complaint." (Id.)
Williams's response to the Defendants' motion is in fact his attempt to provide a more definite statement. (ECF No. 11)(Aprintess Williams . . . hereby submits a MORE DEFINITE STATEMENT"). Unfortunately, Williams appears to have taken the Defendants' request for "precision and separation" literally. The "more definite statement" is Williams's original complaint reformatted into individually numbered paragraphs. (Id.) While easier to read, the "more definite statement" does not address what this court interprets to be the Defendants' requested relief: a description of the legal theories that Williams's believes entitle him to relief.
Williams's complaint cited 42 U.S.C. § 1983
ACCORDINGLY, and for good cause shown,
IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the Defendants' motion for a more definite statement (ECF No. 8) is GRANTED.
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that on or before October 28, 2016, Williams must file an amended complaint that complies with Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 8(a). This complaint must include specifications of which theories of liability he believes are applicable to this action.
IT IS SO ORDERED.