Opinion
Civil Action No. 13 0470
04-10-2013
Travis Jackson Marron, Plaintiff, v. City of Chesapeake Corporate Entity et al., Defendants.
MEMORANDUM OPINION
This matter is before the Court on its initial review of plaintiff's pro se complaint and application for leave to proceed in forma pauperis. The Court will grant the in forma pauperis application and dismiss the case because the complaint fails to meet the minimal pleading requirements of Rule 8(a) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure.
Pro se litigants must comply with the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. Jarrell v. Tisch, 656 F. Supp. 237, 239 (D.D.C. 1987). Rule 8(a) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure requires complaints to contain "(1) a short and plain statement of the grounds for the court's jurisdiction [and] (2) a short and plain statement of the claim showing that the pleader is entitled to relief." Fed. R. Civ. P. 8(a); see Ashcroft v. Iqbal, 129 S.Ct. 1937, 1950 (2009); Ciralsky v. CIA, 355 F.3d 661, 668-71 (D.C. Cir. 2004). The Rule 8 standard ensures that defendants receive fair notice of the claim being asserted so that they can prepare a responsive answer and an adequate defense and determine whether the doctrine of res judicata applies. Brown v. Califano, 75 F.R.D. 497, 498 (D.D.C. 1977).
Plaintiff is incarcerated at the Lawrenceville Correctional Center in Virginia. He captions his complaint: "The Administrative Notice is Coram Non Judice, Under the Foreign Sovereign Immunity Act, 28 U.S.C., 1608 F.R.C.P. Rule 4(j); Conclusion of Facts With Legal Definition of Person, Corporation, Political Subdivision, & Foreign State." The text that follows is equally puzzling and simply fails to provide any notice of a claim. A separate Order of dismissal accompanies this Memorandum Opinion.
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United States District Judge