Opinion
Civil Action No. 1:13-cv-00217-UNA
02-21-2013
Larbi Semiani, Plaintiff, v. USA-US Government, Defendant.
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 a resident of Algeria suing the United States. Plaintiff states, inter alia, that the "us government opposed and refused to recognize the us courts orders and opposed to the us laws and by violating the first amendment to us constitution . . . ." Compl. at 1. Plaintiff further states that the "us government" caused him to "become a victim of serious treason [in] transferring all my confidential Correspondences . . . ." Id. at 2. The complaint continues in this manner and is simply incoherent. A separate Order of dismissal accompanies this Memorandum Opinion.
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United States District Judge