Hodson v. US Court Western District

1
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
WESTERN DISTRICT OF OKLAHOMA
BRETT ALAN HODSON, 	)
)
Plaintiff, 	)
)
vs. 	) 	Case No. CIV-26-09-R
)
US COURT WESTERN DISTRICT, 	)
)
Defendant. 	)
ORDER
Before the Court is a pro se Amended Complaint filed by Plaintiff against US Court
Western District. Pursuant to the inherent power to manage its docket, the Court has
reviewed the Amended Complaint and finds that it should be dismissed without prejudice
for failure to state a claim.
Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 8(a)(2) requires a pleading to contain “a short and
plain statement of the claim showing that the pleader is entitled to relief.” This requirement
“serves the important purpose of requiring plaintiffs to state their claims intelligibly so as
to inform the defendants of the legal claims being asserted.” Mann v. Boatright, 477 F.3d
1140, 1148 (10th Cir. 2007). This standard “does not require ‘detailed factual allegations,’
but 	it 	demands 	more 	than 	an 	unadorned, 	the-defendant-unlawfully-harmed-me
accusation.” Ashcroft v. Iqbal, 556 U.S. 662, 678 (2009) (quoting Bell Atlantic Corp. v.
Twombly, 550 U.S. 544 (2007)). “[C]onclusory allegations without supporting factual
Case 5:26-cv-00009-R Document 13 Filed 02/18/26 Page 1 of 2

2
averments are insufficient to state a claim on which relief can be based.” Hall v. Bellmon,
935 F.2d 1106, 1110 (10th Cir. 1991).
The Amended Complaint is devoid of a coherent factual basis for any cognizable
claim and therefore fails to state a claim. Accordingly, the Amended Complaint is
DISMISSED without prejudice. The referral of Plaintiff’s Application to Proceed in
District 	Court 	Without 	Prepaying 	Fees 	or 	Costs 	is 	withdrawn, 	the 	Report 	and
Recommendation [Doc. No. 12] is denied as moot, and Plaintiff’s Application to Proceed
IFP [Doc. No. 2] is denied as moot.
IT IS SO ORDERED this 18 th day of February, 2026.
Case 5:26-cv-00009-R Document 13 Filed 02/18/26 Page 2 of 2