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Date Created: 2023-11-30 17:01:18.106234+00
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United States Court of Appeals
                               FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA CIRCUIT
                                        ____________
No. 23-5192                                                   September Term, 2023
                                                                       1:22-cv-01294-CJN
                                                         Filed On: November 30, 2023
William L. A. Church,

              Appellant

Ku Klux Klan, (KKK), et al.,

              Appellees

       v.

United States of America, et al.,

              Appellees

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

       BEFORE:       Henderson, Pillard, and Pan, 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). It is

       ORDERED AND ADJUDGED that the district court’s orders filed July 3, 2023,
and July 25, 2023 be affirmed. The district court did not abuse its discretion in
dismissing the complaint 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). Additionally, appellant has
not shown that the district court abused its discretion in denying the motion for
reconsideration. See Smalls v. United States, 471 F.3d 186, 191 (D.C. Cir. 2006).
                 United States Court of Appeals
                            FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA CIRCUIT
                                     ____________
No. 23-5192                                                September Term, 2023

        Pursuant to D.C. Circuit Rule 36, this disposition will not be published.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/
                                                         Daniel J. Reidy
                                                         Deputy Clerk

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