Flick v. Gonzales

475 F. App'x 634

• Court: Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
• Decided: August 20, 2012
• Docket: No. 12-1909
• Status: Published

Opinion

ORDER

Norman Flick appeals the district court’s dismissal of his second amended complaint brought under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, in which he alleged that 24 defendants (among them attorneys, judges, detectives, business people, and a state prosecutor) colluded to steal his property. First the court dismissed the complaint against two Indiana state court judges on the alternative grounds of judicial immunity and failure to comply with the statute of limitations. Later the court dismissed the complaint against the remaining defendants for failure to comply with federal notice-pleading standards, see Fed.R.Civ.P. 8(a).

On appeal Flick does not develop any legal argument challenging the dismissal of his action, and asserts only generally that “[RJule 8 has been sufficiently plead” under Ashcroft v. Iqbal, 556 U.S. 662, 129 S.Ct. 1937, 173 L.Ed.2d 868 (2009), and Bell Atlantic Corp. v. Twombly, 550 U.S. 544, 127 S.Ct. 1955, 167 L.Ed.2d 929 (2007). We construe pro se filings liberally, but even a pro se brief must contain more than a general assertion of error. Anderson v. Hardman, 241 F.3d 544, 545 (7th Cir.2001). A brief must contain “contentions and the reasons for them, with citations to the authorities and parts of the record on which the appellant relies.” Fed. R.App. P. 28(a)(9).

DISMISSED.