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Parties Involved:
Disabled American Veterans
Appellee
D'Rayfield Shipman
Appellant

Document Text:

United States Court of Appeals

FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA CIRCUIT

____________

No. 15-7059 September Term, 2015

1:15-cv-00871-UNA

Filed On: January 21, 2016

D'Rayfield Shipman,

Appellant

v.

Disabled American Veterans,

Appellee

ON APPEAL FROM THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

BEFORE: Kavanaugh and Wilkins, Circuit Judges, and 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 appellant’s brief. See Fed. R. App. P. 34(a)(2); D.C. Cir.

Rule 34(j). It is

 ORDERED AND ADJUDGED that the district court’s order filed June 9, 2015 be

affirmed. The district court did not abuse its discretion by dismissing appellant's

complaint without prejudice 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," in

order to "give the defendant fair notice of what the . . . claim is and the grounds upon

which it rests." Bell Atlantic Corp. v. Twombly, 550 U.S. 544, 555 (2007) (internal

quotation marks omitted); see also Ciralsky v. CIA, 355 F.3d 661, 668 (D.C. Cir. 2004). 

The dismissal without prejudice allows appellant to file a new complaint that complies with

Rule 8(a).

Pursuant to D.C. Circuit Rule 36, this disposition will not be published.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