Newcomer v. Corporate America

• Court: District Court, District of Columbia
• Decided: June 22, 2012
• Docket: Civil Action No. 2012-1029
• Status: Published

Opinion

2 2 2§‘!2 UNITED sTATEs DISTRICT CoURr

FoR THE Disri

) Thomas Andrew Newcomer et al., ) ) Plaintiff, )

) ~ ¢ ¢

v. ) C1v11 Action No.

) Corporate America d/b/a the United States, ) ) Defendant. ) )

MEMORANDUM OPINION This matter is before the Court on its initial review of two plaintiffs’ pro se complaint and applications for leave to proceed informal pauperis. The Court will grant the z'nforrna pauperis applications and dismiss the case because the complaint fails to meet the minimal pleading requirements of Rule S(a) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. Pr0 se litigants must comply with the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. jarrell v. Tz`sch,

656 F. Supp. 237, 239 (D.D.C. 1987). Rule S(a) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure requires complaints to contain "(l) 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. S(a); see Ashcrofl v. Iqbal, 129 S.Ct. 1937, 1950 (20()9); Ciralsky v. CIA, 355 F.3d 661, 668-71 (D.C. Cir. 20()4). 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. Calz_'f'czno, 75

F.R.D. 497, 498 (D.D.C. 1977).

Two residents listing their address as a residence in "District of Columbia, l\/laryland," Compl. Caption, purport to sue the United States and/or corporate America. The complaint, consisting of various unexplained attachments, provides no notice of a claim and a basis for exercising federal court jurisdiction A separate Order of dismissal accompanies this

Memorandum Opinion.

United States District Judge

Date: June QL;, 2012