# Long v. Gonzalez > District Court, District of Columbia ยท November 3, 2010 URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/2665061 ## Case - **Court:** District Court, District of Columbia - **Decided:** November 3, 2010 - **Precedential status:** Published - **Opinion:** Opinion - **Judges:** Judge Richard J. Leon - **Nature of suit:** Civil - **Cited by:** 0 later opinions in the Frix Law Library ## Citator (automated) - No negative treatment found by the automated citator. That is not the same as a confirmation that the case is good law; read the citing cases. - Full citator and citing cases: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/2665061 ## Opinion text UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA FILED NOV - 3 26m ) Clerk, U.S. District &Bankruptcy ) Courts for the District of Columbia Karen F. Long, ) Plaintiff, ) ) v. ) ) Civil Action No. 10 1885 Raul M. Gozalez, ) ) Defendant. ) ) MEMORANDUM OPINION This matter is before the Court on its initial review of plaintiff s 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 of Rule 8(a) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure and is frivolous. Pro se 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). /' ;(1 Plaintiff, a resident of Ox on Hill, Maryland, sues "Raul M. Gozalez, Secretary of DOJ" but for what conduct is unknown. The complaint, consisting of incoherent scribble, fails to provide any notice of a claim and is simply frivolous.] A separate Order of dismissal accompanies this Memorandum Opinion.