Court Opinion

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Date Created: 2023-03-20 15:00:47.734705+00
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United States Court of Appeals
                            FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA CIRCUIT
                                      ____________
No. 22-5292                                                September Term, 2022
                                                                      1:22-cv-02236-UNA
                                                      Filed On: March 20, 2023
Mike Webb, Major, doing business as Friends
for Mike Webb, also known as Major Mike
Webb for Congress,

              Appellant

       v.

Department of the Army, et al.,

              Appellees

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

       BEFORE:       Wilkins and Rao, 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 October 7, 2022 order be
affirmed. Appellant has not shown that the district court abused its discretion in
dismissing the complaint and case without prejudice for failure to comply with the
pleading standard of Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 8(a), which requires “a short and
plain statement of the of the claim showing that the pleader is entitled to relief.” Fed. R.
Civ. P. 8(a); see Ciralsky v. CIA, 355 F.3d 661, 668-71 (D.C. Cir. 2004).

        Pursuant to D.C. Circuit Rule 36, this disposition will not be published.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
          United States Court of Appeals
               FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA CIRCUIT
                        ____________
No. 22-5292                                   September Term, 2022

                                            FOR THE COURT:
                                            Mark J. Langer, Clerk

                                    BY:     /s/
                                            Daniel J. Reidy
                                            Deputy Clerk

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