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United States Court of Appeals
                             FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA CIRCUIT
                                      ____________
No. 23-5248                                                 September Term, 2023
                                                                       1:23-cv-02140-UNA
                                                       Filed On: February 16, 2024
David Allen Wilson,

              Appellant

       v.

United States Department of Justice, et al.,

              Appellees

            ON APPEAL FROM THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
                      FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

       BEFORE:        Katsas, Rao, and Garcia, Circuit Judges

                                     JUDGMENT

        This appeal was considered on the record from the United States District Court
for the District of Columbia and on the brief filed by appellant. See Fed. R. App. P.
34(a)(2); D.C. Cir. Rule 34(j). Upon consideration of the foregoing and the motion to
appoint counsel, it is

        ORDERED that the motion to appoint counsel be denied. In civil cases,
appellants are not entitled to appointment of counsel when they have not demonstrated
sufficient likelihood of success on the merits. It is

       FURTHER ORDERED AND ADJUDGED that the district court’s October 27,
2023 order be affirmed. The district court did not err by dismissing the case without
prejudice for failure to comply with the pleading standards of Federal Rule of Civil
Procedure 8(a), which requires “a short and plain statement of the claim showing that
the pleader is entitled to relief,” see Fed. R. Civ. P. 8(a); Ciralsky v. CIA, 355 F.3d 661,
669-71 (D.C. Cir. 2004), and for failure to state a claim on which relief may be granted
under 28 U.S.C. § 1915(e)(2)(B)(ii).

        Pursuant to D.C. Circuit Rule 36, this disposition will not be published.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
                 United States Court of Appeals
                            FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA CIRCUIT
                                     ____________
No. 23-5248                                                September Term, 2023

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/
                                                 Daniel J. Reidy
                                                 Deputy Clerk

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