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United States Court of Appeals
                             FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA CIRCUIT
                                       ____________
No. 23-5063                                                 September Term, 2022
                                                                        1:23-cv-00192-UNA
                                                         Filed On: May 23, 2023
Ronald Satish Emrit,
             Appellant

       v.

Condoleezza Rice, Former Secretary of State
and Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State,
             Appellees

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

       BEFORE:       Wilkins and Katsas, 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 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 March 1, 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        Pursuant to D.C. Circuit Rule 36, this disposition will not be published.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
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