BIANCO v. UNITED STATES, No. 1:2012cv00787 - Document 3 (D.D.C. 2012)
Court Description: MEMORANDUM OPINION Signed by Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly on 4/21/2012. (ls, )
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FILED UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA MAY 1 6 2012 Clerk, U.S. District & Bankruptcy Courts for the District of Columbia Phillip Bianco, Plaintiff, V. United States eta!., Defendants. ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) Civil Action No. 12 0787 MEMORANDUM OPINION This matter is before the Court on its initial review of plaintiffs pro se complaint and application for leave to proceed in.forma pauperis. The Court will grant the in forma pauperis application and dismiss the case because the complaint fails to meet the minimal pleading requirements ufRule 8(a) ofthe Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. Prose litigants must comply with the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. Jarrell v. Tisch, 656 F. Supp. 237, 239 (D.D.C. 1987). Rule 8(a) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure requires complaints to contain "(1) a short and plain statement of the grounds for the court's jurisdiction [and] (2) a short and plain statement of the claim showing that the pleader is entitled to relief." Fed. R. Civ. P. 8(a); see Ashcroft v. Iqbal, 129 S.Ct. 1937, 1950 (2009); Ciralsky v. CIA, 355 F.3d 661,668-71 (D.C. Cir. 2004). The Rule 8 standard ensures that defendants receive fair notice of the claim being asserted so that they can prepare a responsive answer and an adequate defense and determine whether the doctrine of res judicata applies. Brown v. Califano, 75 F.R.D. 497, 498 (D.D.C. 1977). 3 Plaintiff is a resident of Wilkinsburg, Pennsylvania, purportedly suing the United States and "26 Federal Plaza Community" in New York, New York. Compl. Caption. The rambling 36page complaint (sans exhibits) is best exemplified by plaintiffs assertion that "there is no one Law, Rule, Statue [sic] or Act that [he] can plead because the decades long of a constant & continual series of continued incidents and events are to [sic] broad of a scope to narrow down to any one particular law or legal pleading." Compl. at 4 ~ 4. Because the complaint fails to provide any notice of a claim and the basis of federal court jurisdiction, it will be dismissed. A separate Order accompanies this Memorandum Opinion. Date: April ~012 2
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