UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE TENTH CIRCUIT

GLENN RODNEY WRIGHT, Plaintiff - Appellant,

v. JEREMY ALEXANDER, JAMES MASON; Executive Service Division - NSA Oklahoma City, OK and Memphis, TN, Defendants - Appellees. No. 13-6299 (D.C. No. 5:13-CV-01213-C) (W.D. Okla.)

ORDER AND JUDGMENT *

Before LUCERO , TYMKOVICH , and PHILLIPS , Circuit Judges.

Glenn Rodney Wright, proceeding pro se 1 and in forma pauperis , appeals the district
court’s sua sponte dismissal of his case for fatal defici encies in his complaint. We see no error. Exercising jurisdiction under 28 U.S. C. § 1291, we affirm the dismissal.

* After examining the brief and appellate record, this panel has determined unanimously that oral argument would not be of material assistance in the determination of this appeal. See Fed. R. App. P. 34(a); 10t h Cir. R. 34.1(G). The case is therefore ordered submitted without oral argument. This order and judgment is not binding precedent, except under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, and collateral estoppel. It may be cited, however, for its persua sive value consistent with Federal Rule of Appellate Procedure 32.1 and Tenth Circuit Rule 32.1.

1 We liberally construe pro se filings. Erickson v. Pardus , 551 U.S. 89, 94 (2007). FILED United States Court of Appeals Tenth Circuit 

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Elisabeth A. Shumaker Clerk of Court- 2 - While Wright’s one-page complaint is diffic ult to comprehend, it appears to allege that he is being hit by lasers, that his da ughter was sexually mo lested by teenage boys while at church, and that a noise is distractin g him while at work as a semi-truck driver. The complaint vaguely lays the blame on “govern ment officials.” Also, it doesn’t assert a basis for subject matter jurisdiction. The district court reviewed Wright’s case under 28 U.S. C. § 1915(e)(2) and sua sponte dismissed the complaint because it contained no basis for subject matter jurisdiction and it didn’t comply with Federa l Rule of Civil Procedure 8(a). The court gave no leave to amend and dismi ssed the case with prejudice. Wright’s notice of appeal is blank except for the caption and his contact information. In his brief, Wright continues to assert fact ual allegations of lasers and noise problems, and he raises two unde veloped issues: “unlawful surveillanc e” and “state to state, job to job, city to city, stalking.” Appellant’s Br . 3. He never addresse s the district court’s dismissal. We review dismissals under § 1915(e)(2)(B)(ii) de novo fo r failure to state a claim, Kay v. Bemis , 500 F.3d 1214, 1217 (10th Cir. 2007), or for abuse of discretion when the case is dismissed as frivolous under § 1915(e)(2)(B)(i), Milligan v. Archuleta , 659 F.3d 1294, 1296 (10th Cir. 2011). The district c ourt didn’t state which § 1915(e)(2) provision it relied upon, but we would affirm under either standard of review. Rule 8(a) requires that a complaint contain a short and plain statement of jurisdiction, a short and plain statement of the claims for relief, and a demand for relief. Wright’s- 3 - complaint fails in all three regards. And his brief asserts nothing to the contrary. See, e.g. , Carpenter v. Williams , 86 F.3d 1015, 1016 (10th Cir. 1996) (upholding district court’s Rule 8(a) dismissal of pro se appellant’s case when his complaint a nd appellate brief were incomprehensible). Wright has filed numerous simila r cases in other jurisdictions. Wright v. Dallas TX Nat’l Sec. , No. 3:13-CV-4123-G (BN), 20 13 WL 5967756, at *2 (N.D. Tex. Nov. 8, 2013). The Northern District of Texas noted th at he has “filed dozens of similar lawsuits . . . most of which allege various fa nciful and delusional scenarios.” Id. The district court noted that these previous cases suffered from the same fatal defects as the instant case. We agree, and we think that leave to amend would have been futile. See, e.g. , Williams v. Madden , 9 F. App’x 996, 997–98 (10th Cir. 2001) (affirming th e dismissal of a complaint as frivolous when the appellant had “brought virtually identical claims unsuccessfully three times”). The district court correctly dismissed Wright’s case with prejudice. We affirm the district court’s order.

Entered for the Court

Gregory A. Phillips Circuit Judge