THIRD CIRCUIT PER CURIAM EXCERPTS We cannot agree with the District Court that El’s document titled “Amended Complaint” does not satisfy the requirements of Rule 8(a)(2). In this document, El has asserted seven claims of malicious prosecution and conspiracy to commit civil rights violations. Each count sets forth the supporting facts and the defendants against whom the count is asserted. A liberal reading of the “Amended Complaint,” see Haines v. Kerner, 404 U.S. 519, 520 (1972), reveals that El is also raising claims of unlawful search and seizure and illegal arrest. In sum, El’s document contains “a short and plain statement” of each of his claims, Fed. R. Civ. P. 8(a)(2), and provides the defendants “the type of notice of claim . . . contemplated by Rule 8,” Phillips, 515 F.3d at 233. See United States Court Of Appeals For The Third Circuit No. 13-3637 Aemer K. C. EL [El Aemer El Mujaddd], Appearing Jus in Rem Propria Persona Sui Juris, Appellant v. Lynn A. Wehling, et. al, El argues that the seizure of his papers and property [Moorish Islamic Corporate I.D.] not only violated the Fourth Amendment but also burdened his exercise of religion [in violation of the First Amendment]. In the United States Court Of Appeals For The Third Circuit No. 14-1021 IN RE: Aemer K. C. EL, Petitioner On a Petition for Writ of Mandamus from the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey (Related to D.N.J. Civ. No. 1-12-cv-07750) Submitted Pursuant to Rule 21, Fed. R. App. P. January 9, 2014 Before: Rendell, Fisher and Greenaway, JR., Circuit Judges (Opinion filed: January 27, 2014).
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