Opinion ID: 8704908
Heading Depth: 3
Heading Rank: 2

Heading: The Councilmembers

Text: Mr. Quezada alleges that Council-member Michael Brown did not intercede on his behalf with either the Housing Authority or The Community Partnership. Emails attached to the complaint indicate that Mr. Quezada also requested the assistance of other members of the Council. But Mr. Quezada does not identify any legal right to that assistance, nor any legal wrong that the Council or its members committed against him. A general assertion that Couneilmember Michael Brown or other members of the Council violated Mr. Quezada’s civil rights does not provide “a short and plain statement of the claim showing that the pleader is entitled to relief.” Fed.R.Civ.P. 8(a)(2). All federal claims against the members of the Council of the District of Columbia will therefore be dismissed for failure to state a claim on which relief can be granted.