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Parties Involved:
Tracy L. Biggs
Appellee
Robert G. Modrall
Appellant

Document Text:

United States Court of Appeals

FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA CIRCUIT

No. 16-5046 September Term, 2015

1:16-cv-00242-UNA

Filed On: June 20, 2016

Robert G. Modrall,

Appellant

v.

Tracy L. Biggs, Attorney, Disclosure Unit,

U.S. Office of Special Counsel,

Appellee

ON APPEAL FROM THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

BEFORE: Kavanaugh and Wilkins, Circuit Judges; Ginsburg, Senior Circuit

Judge

J U D G M E N T

This appeal was considered on the record from the United States District Court

for the District of Columbia and on the brief filed by the appellant. See Fed. R. App. P.

34(a)(2); D.C. Cir. Rule 34(j). Upon consideration of the foregoing, it is

ORDERED AND ADJUDGED that the district court’s order, filed February 16,

2016, be affirmed, but the order is hereby modified to reflect that the dismissal is

without prejudice to refiling. The district court did not abuse its discretion in dismissing

the complaint for failure to comply with Fed. R. Civ. P. 8(a), which requires a “short and

plain statement of the claim showing that the pleader is entitled to relief.” See Ciralsky

v. CIA, 355 F.3d 661, 668 (D.C. Cir. 2004). The complaint failed to satisfy this

minimum standard. See 5 U.S.C. § 1213(a) (stating providing that U.S. Office of

Special Counsel provisions relating to violations of law, mismanagement, etc., apply to

“disclosures of information by an employee, former employee, or applicant for

employment”). 

Pursuant to D.C. Circuit Rule 36, this disposition will not be published. The Clerk

is directed to withhold issuance of the mandate herein until seven days after resolution

of any timely petition for rehearing or petition for rehearing en banc. See Fed. R. App.

P. 41(b); D.C. Cir. Rule 41.

Per Curiam

FOR THE COURT:

Mark J. Langer, Clerk 

BY: /s/ 

Ken Meadows

Deputy Clerk

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