How have courts treated vague and conclusive allegations in a motion alleging that prison officials miscalculated the duration of a defendant's sentence?

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The following excerpt is from Davis v. Diaz, No. 2:19-CV-0222-WBS-DMC-P (E.D. Cal. 2019):

rests. See Kimes v. Stone, 84 F.3d 1121, 1129 (9th Cir. 1996). Because plaintiff must allege with at least some degree of particularity overt acts by specific defendants which support the claims, vague and conclusory allegations fail to satisfy this standard. Additionally, it is impossible for the court to conduct the screening required by law when the allegations are vague and conclusory.

Plaintiff names as defendants various prison officials he claims are liable for miscalculating the duration of his sentence.

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