# Brown v. Industrial Bank > District Court, District of Columbia ยท August 28, 2009 URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/2667372 ## Case - **Court:** District Court, District of Columbia - **Decided:** August 28, 2009 - **Precedential status:** Published - **Opinion:** Opinion - **Judges:** Judge James Robertson - **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/2667372 ## Opinion text FILED AUG 282009 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT Clerk, U.S. District and FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 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 --- Source: Frix Law Library, https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/2667372. Public record. Not legal advice.