In re Jones

Filing 4

STRICKEN. Modified on 1/10/2022 (dsw).

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS
IN RE

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Corbin Delonne Jones
P.O. Box 534
510 South 18th
Mt. Vernon, IL 62864

Case No. 3:21-mc-69-NJR

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
ROSENSTENGEL, Chief Judge:
On November 20, 2021, Corbin Delonne Jones mailed two boxes of materials to the
Court via priority mail (Doc. 2). The boxes were filled with dozens of pill bottles
prescribed to Mr. Jones by various providers including a general practitioner, a nurse
practitioner, and a psychiatrist. The box also included an envelope with handwritten
notes (Doc. 1). Though legible, the notes are incoherent and unintelligible (e.g., “just more
scrutiny from government official,” “eye wear that was stolen,” “I’m on private property
and people are literally putting my life in danger,” “family and all is making my life a
broadcast”). Additionally, although the notes reference District Judge J. Phil Gilbert, there
is no indication that the submission was related to any of Mr. Jones’s opened or closed
civil cases pending in this district (since 2017, Mr. Jones has filed eleven cases in the
Southern District of Illinois). The Clerk of Court turned the prescription medications over
to the United States Marshals Service1 and opened the instant case for the purpose of

After receiving the medication, the United States Marshals Service contacted Mr. Jones in an
effort to conduct a wellness check.

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record keeping.
This is not the first time Mr. Jones has mailed prescription medication to the Court.
On October 29, 2021, Mr. Jones mailed a box containing numerous bottles of prescription
medications and loose pills. The box also contained miscellaneous papers, credit cards,
bank cards, gift cards, and social security paperwork. The Court could not discern
whether Mr. Jones intended to file any of the miscellaneous papers with the Court.
Accordingly, the Clerk of Court returned the miscellaneous paperwork, credit cards, cash
cards, and gift cards to Mr. Jones and gave the prescription medications and loose pills
to the United States Marshals Service. The Clerk also mailed Mr. Jones a letter explaining
the same and directing Mr. Jones to refrain from sending in similar items in the future. 2
Mr. Jones’s recent submissions are troubling and suggest that he may be
experiencing mental health issues. Although the Court is sympathetic to Mr. Jones’s
plight, his voluminous incoherent submissions are beginning to drain the Court’s limited
resources—this cannot continue. See Montgomery v. Davis, 362 F.3d 956, 957 (7th Cir. 2004)
(“Every paper filed ... no matter how repetitious or frivolous, requires some portion of
the institution’s limited resources. A part of the Court’s responsibility is to see that these
resources are allocated in a way that promotes the interests of justice.”).
Accordingly, Mr. Jones is ORDERED to refrain from submitting medication and
miscellaneous materials or papers unrelated to an action in this Court. Such submissions

Mr. Jones also mailed the Court a box of miscellaneous paperwork on October 4, 2021. That box
of materials was returned to Mr. Jones after he failed to respond to a court order. See Jones v.
Mooney, 21-cv-1121-JPG.

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are frivolous and are a burden on the Court’s limited resources. Mr. Jones is WARNED
that any additional submissions of this nature will result in sanctions (including
monetary sanctions and/or a filing ban). See Support Sys. Int’l, Inc. v. Mack, 45 F.3d 185,
186 (7th Cir. 1995). Further, the Clerk of Court is DIRECTED as follows:
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Any medication Mr. Jones tenders to the Court shall be turned over
to the United States Marshals Service, and a public notice shall be
filed in this case regarding receipt of the same.

(2)

Any additional submissions from Mr. Jones that do not pertain to
an action filed in this Court and/or that cannot be opened as a new
case shall be returned to Mr. Jones unfiled, and a public notice
shall be filed in this case regarding receipt of the same.

If the above-described materials are tendered to the Court, the Court will assess
wither sanctions are warranted at that time.
IT IS SO ORDERED.
DATED: January 10, 2022
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NANCY J. ROSENSTENGEL
Chief U.S. District Judge

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