A court in the United States struck off the entire pleadings in a case after finding cartoon dragon watermarks on every page of the complaint..The dragon, dressed in a blue suit, appeared on the filing apparently because it is the logo of the law firm, Dragon Lawyers PC, which had filed the complaint for a woman. Ray Kent, United States Magistrate Judge of the Western District of Michigan said the “use of the dragon logo is not only distracting, it is juvenile and impertinent”. “The Court is not a cartoon,” he added. .Judge Kent noted that the law allows the Court to "strike from a pleading an insufficient defense or any redundant, immaterial, impertinent, or scandalous matter”. “IT IS ORDERED that plaintiff's complaint (ECF No. 1) is STRICKEN. Plaintiff is directed to file an amended complaint, containing the same allegations as the original complaint, without the cartoon dragon by no later than May 5, 2025. IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that plaintiff shall not file any other documents with the cartoon dragon or other inappropriate content,” the Court ordered. .[Read Order]
