Court Opinion

ID: 2660100
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2014-04-03 04:08:27.214092+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T12:36:01.073835
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FILED

UNITED sTATEs DISTRICT CoURT SEF 9 5 2013
FoR THE 1)1STRICT oF CoLUMBIA cler»<, u.s. ots-ma ana
Bankruptcy Courts

DoNALD WHITE, )
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Plaintiff, )

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BARACK H. oBAMA, )
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Defendant. )

MEMoRANDUM 0P1N10N

This matter comes before the court on review of plaintiffs application to proceed in
forma pauperis and pro se civil complaint. The Court will grant the application, and dismiss the

complaint.

The Court has reviewed plaintiffs complaint, keeping in mind that complaints filed by
pro se litigants are held to less stringent standards than those applied to formal pleadings drafted
by lawyers. See Haines v. Kerner, 404 U.S. 5l9, 520 (1972). Even pro se litigants, however,
must comply with the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. Jarrell v. Tz'sch, 656 F. Supp. 237, 239
(D.D.C. 1987). Rule 8(a) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure requires that a complaint
contain a short and plain statement of the grounds upon which the Court’s jurisdiction depends, a
short and plain statement of the claim showing that the pleader is entitled to relief, and a demand
for judgment for the relief the pleader seeks. Fed. R. Civ. P. S(a). The purpose of the minimum

standard of Rule 8 is to give fair notice to the defendants of the claim being asserted, sufficient to

prepare a responsive answer, to prepare an adequate defense and to determine whether the

doctrine of resjudicala applies. Brown v. Calzfano, 75 F.R.D. 497, 498 (D.D.C. l977).

Plaintiff alleges that the President of the United States has embezzled billions of dollars
this year. See Compl. at l. Because plaintiff neither includes a statement of his entitlement to
relief nor demands any relief, the complaint fails to comply with Rule S(a). Accordingly, the

complaint will be dismissed. An Order is issued separately

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Uriite istrict Judge

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