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United States Court of Appeals
                              FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA CIRCUIT
                                        ____________
No. 23-5040                                                  September Term, 2022
                                                                         1:22-cv-03753-UNA
                                                        Filed On: June 16, 2023

Loretta Jean Alford,

              Appellant

       v.

Jeffrey Koses, Chairman, Committee for
Purchase/AbilityOne, et al.,

              Appellees

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

       BEFORE:         Millett and Pillard, Circuit Judges, and Sentelle, Senior Circuit
                       Judge

                                       JUDGMENT

        This appeal was considered on the record from the United States District Court
for the District of Columbia and 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 February 7, 2023, order be
affirmed. The district court properly dismissed appellant’s case without prejudice for
failure to comply with Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 8(a). Appellant’s complaint did
not set forth “a short and plain statement of the claim showing that the pleader is
entitled to relief,” which is required in order to “give the defendant fair notice of what the
claim is and the grounds upon which it rests.” Jones v. Kirchner, 835 F.3d 74, 79 (D.C.
Cir. 2016) (citing Bell Atlantic Corp. v. Twombly, 550 U.S. 544, 555 (2007)).

        Pursuant to D.C. Circuit Rule 36, this disposition will not be published.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. 23-5040                                                September Term, 2022

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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