Full title: ADOLPH WRIGHT, Plaintiff, v. ELITE REVENUE SOLUTIONS, LLC, et al., Defendants.
Court: United States District Court, Middle District of Pennsylvania
Date published: May 9, 2023
Facts
On December 30, 2022, Wright, proceeding pro se, filed the instant action against the defendants. (Doc. 1). Concurrently with the complaint, Wright filed a motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis. (Doc. 2). In the complaint, Wright alleges Defendants violated his right to due process and equal protection by depriving Wright’s family of property. (Doc. 1, ¶¶ 3-4). Wright also attaches several documents to his complaint, including an affidavit by Thomas Wright, a letter to Luzerne County officials requesting documents, an agenda submittal to Luzerne County Council, and a resolution by the Luzerne County Council approving a contract with Elite Revenue Solutions, LLC, for the collection of delinquent real estate tax services. (Doc. 1, at 4-23). To the extent that Wright wanted to incorporate any facts or claims in those documents into this complaint, he would have needed to write them in his complaint to comply with Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 8, the general idea of which is to “give the defendant fair notice of what the . . . claim is and the grounds upon which it rests.” Bell Atlantic Corp. v. Twombly, 550 U.S. 544, 545 (2007) (quoting Conley v. Gibson, 355 U.S. 41, 47 (1957)); Monche v. Grill, No. 3:22-CV-1516, 2022 WL 15523082, at *4 (M.D. Pa. Oct. 27, 2022).
Issue
Decision
As it stands, Wright’s complaint fails to state a claim upon which relief may be granted. (Doc 1). The Court grants Wright leave to file an amended complaint within 30 days from the date of the order filed concurrently with this memorandum, on or before Thursday, June 8, 2023.
An appropriate order follows.
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