We report a nearby L7.5 dwarf discovered using the Preliminary Data Release of the Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer ( WISE ) and the Two Micron All-Sky Survey ( 2MASS ) .
WISEP J180026.60+013453.1 has a motion of 0.42 arcsec yr ^ { -1 } and an estimated distance of 8.8 \pm 1.0 pc .
With this distance , it currently ranks as the sixth closest known L dwarf , although a trigonometric parallax is needed to confirm this distance .
It was previously overlooked because it lies near the Galactic Plane ( b = 12 ^ { \circ } ) .
As a relatively bright and nearby late L dwarf with normal near-infrared colors , W1800+0134 will serve as a benchmark for studies of cloud-related phenomena in cool substellar atmospheres .