BROWN v. INDUSTRIAL BANK et al

Filing 3

MEMORANDUM OPINION Signed by Judge James Robertson on 8/18/09. (ls, )

FILED
AUG 282009
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

Clerk, U.S. District and
Bankruptcy Courts

JEROME JULTIJS BROWN, SR., Plaintiff,
v.

Civil Action No.

09 1640

INDUSTRIAL BANK, et al., Defendants.
MEMORANDUM OPINION

This matter comes before the Court on plaintiffs application to proceed in forma pauperis and pro se complaint. The Court will grant the application and dismiss the complaint. 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 showing that the pleader is entitled to relief, and a demand for judgment for the relief the pleader seeks to obtain. Fed. R. Civ. P. 8(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 res judicata applies. Brown v. Califano, 75 F.R.D. 497, 498 (D.D.C. 1977). Plaintiffs complaint fails to accomplish the basic purpose of Rule 8(a). It purports to be a petition for a writ, but it is unclear from the pleading and its many attachments the relief plaintiff is seeking. Accordingly, the complaint will be dismissed without prejudice for failure to comply with Fed. R. Civ. P. 8(a). An Order consistent with this Memorandum Opinion will be issued separately on this date.

United States District Judge