JULIUS v. KIRK

Filing 3

MEMORANDUM OPINION Signed by Judge Emmet G. Sullivan on 12/29/09. (ls, )

FILED
JAN - 6 2010
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
TYRONE JULIUS, Plaintiff,
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Clerk, U.S. District and

Bankruptcy Courts

v.
JAMES T. KIRK, Defendant.

Civil Action No.

10 0009

MEMORANDUM OPINION
For purposes of this Memorandum Opinion and Order, the Court consolidates three separate complaints, each submitted with an application to proceed in forma pauperis. 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. 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).
Plaintiff s complaint sets forth no facts at all, and utterly fails to comply with the minimal requirements of Rule 8(a). Neither the court nor the defendants can discern the nature or basis of plaintiffs claim, and the basis ofthe court's jurisdiction is unclear. As drafted, the complaint fails to comply with Rule 8(a) , and, accordingly, the c·"'.... consistent with this Memorandum Opinion will
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