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United States Court of Appeals
                            FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA CIRCUIT
                                     ____________
No. 23-5252                                                September Term, 2023
                                                                      1:23-cv-02548-BAH
                                                      Filed On: February 16, 2024
Russell Terry,

              Appellant

       v.

Federal Bureau of Investigation and Bureau
of Consular Affairs,

              Appellees

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

       BEFORE:       Katsas, Rao, and Garcia, 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 September 12, 2023 order
dismissing appellant’s complaint be affirmed. The district court did not err in concluding
that appellant’s claims were “so attenuated and unsubstantial as to be absolutely
devoid of merit.” Ord v. Dist. of Columbia, 587 F.3d 1136, 1144 (D.C. Cir. 2009)
(quoting Hagans v. Lavine, 415 U.S. 528, 536 (1974)). And while appellant has not
demonstrated that the district court erred by construing his filing as a complaint and
opening the case, a dismissal for lack of jurisdiction is without prejudice. See Havens v.
Mabus, 759 F.3d 91, 98 (D.C. Cir. 2014) (citing Semtek Int’l Inc. v. Lockheed Martin
Corp., 531 U.S. 497, 505 (2001)).

        Pursuant to D.C. Circuit Rule 36, this disposition will not be published.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. 23-5252                                                September Term, 2023

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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