Posted on 07/09/2012 3:44:43 PM PDT by DallasBiff
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A federal judge has dismissed Lance Armstrong's lawsuit against the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency, but says the cyclist can refile it within 20 days.
The seven-time Tour de France champion sued USADA on Monday in an attempt to prevent it from moving forward with charges that he used performance-enhancing drugs throughout much of his career.
U.S. District Judge Sam Sparks ruled just hours later. He criticized Armstrong's attorneys for filing an 80-page complaint the judge says seems more intended to whip up public opinion for his case than focus on the legal argument.
Sparks, however, did not decide on the merits of Armstrong's case and said he can refile his lawsuit.
Armstrong wanted Sparks to rule in his favor by Saturday, the deadline he faces to either accept sanctions from USADA or go to arbitration.
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He is another Bloomberg, IMO.
Backing a tax raising bill is one thing. Endless nuisance suits are another.
If they can “prove” Lance was an expert at hiding doping, where will that leave Major League Baseball?
Are they going to charge Jeter with doping. Not that they found any, but because he can dope and hide it?
Tell me where you can buy that in a bottle with a syringe. Thought so! you can't Lance with one testicle has more balls than half the men in the US of Pussy. This guy is not on Wall Street or in D.C. shoving some F'd up health plan up our asses or installing red light cameras or droning some toy to snap pictures of us, NO this guy suffered in bouts of competition that most of the readers of FR can not even begin to imagine.
And now some punk ass USADA wants to strip him because they say they can. Because it is only sport. Go ahead USADA. Your shortsighted vision is only exceeded by your egotistical craving for the recognition of your pathetical day late and dollar short organization! GOOD LUCK!!
Tell me where you can buy that in a bottle with a syringe. Thought so! you can't Lance with one testicle has more balls than half the men in the US of Pussy. This guy is not on Wall Street or in D.C. shoving some F'd up health plan up our asses or installing red light cameras or droning some toy to snap pictures of us, NO this guy suffered in bouts of competition that most of the readers of FR can not even begin to imagine.
And now some punk ass USADA wants to strip him because they say they can. Because it is only sport. Go ahead USADA. Your shortsighted vision is only exceeded by your egotistical craving for the recognition of your pathetical day late and dollar short organization! GOOD LUCK!!
Speaking of...
Home run derby starts in a few on ESPN. I’m betting Prince Fielder is taking it again.
Armstrong is like Mayor Bloomberg of NYC they act high & mighty & self-important!
Maybe Armstrong’s attorneys need to review FRCP 8 and focus on the word “short”.
RULE 8. GENERAL RULES OF PLEADING
(a) Claim for Relief. A pleading that states a claim for relief must contain:
(1) a short and plain statement of the grounds for the court’s jurisdiction, unless the court already has jurisdiction and the claim needs no new jurisdictional support;
(2) a short and plain statement of the claim showing that the pleader is entitled to relief; and
(3) a demand for the relief sought, which may include relief in the alternative or different types of relief.
Should be able to state a claim in 10 pages or less.
I have no sympathy for Sheryl Crow. A woman who is screwing a married man, has no room to complain when she gets dumped; for any reason.
BTW, Armstrong is an a-hole for a number of reasons. That said, this doping group is going to get hammered in a law suit when it gets to that point.
At least you got that right.
Regarding this case: It doesn't matter if he backed a tax I do not agree with. It doesn't matter if he dumped his wife to date a woman I don't approve of, and then dumped her. It doesn't even matter what percentage of people think he is a jerk.
What I find odd and jarring is that a “judge” just dismissed an 80 page long counter-suit to stop the persecution...just because he felt like it...instead of ruling on the merits of his case.
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