Pouncy v. Palmer

Filing 432

ORDER Striking 428 , 429 , 430 and 431 Pro Se Filings by Petitioner Omar Rashad Pouncy. Signed by District Judge Matthew F. Leitman. (HMon)

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
EASTERN DISTRICT OF MICHIGAN
SOUTHERN DIVISION
OMAR RASHAD POUNCY,
Petitioner,

Case No. 13-cv-14695
Hon. Matthew F. Leitman

v.
MATT MACAULEY,
Respondent.
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ORDER STRIKING PRO SE FILINGS (ECF Nos. 428, 429, 430, and
431) BY PETITIONER OMAR RASHAD POUNCY
In this habeas action, Petitioner Omar Rashad Pouncy is (and has been) ably
represented by a truly outstanding team of attorneys. They have made numerous
appropriate and effective filings with the Court. Pouncy has nonetheless repeatedly
filed his own briefs and submissions in an apparent effort to supplement the work of
his attorneys. And this Court has repeatedly entered orders advising Pouncy that he
may not do so – that he may not simultaneously proceed both through counsel and
pro se. (See, e.g., Orders, ECF Nos. 274, 340, and 384.) Despite the clarity of the
Court’s prior orders (and in violation of them), Pouncy (who remains represented by
terrific counsel) recently filed four pro se submissions with the Court. (See Pro Se
Submissions, ECF Nos. 428, 429, 430, and 431.) For the reasons set forth in the

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Court’s prior orders and because the submissions violate the Court’s prior orders,
the Court STRIKES all four submissions from the Court’s docket.
While the Court has occasionally accepted pro se filings from Pouncy despite
its prior orders, it declines to do so now. The Court sees no basis to permit Pouncy
to submit his own filings at this point – when he remains exceptionally wellrepresented and after the Court has granted him a conditional writ of habeas corpus
on one of his claims.
IT IS SO ORDERED.
s/Matthew F. Leitman
MATTHEW F. LEITMAN
UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE
Dated: October 26, 2021
I hereby certify that a copy of the foregoing document was served upon the parties
and/or counsel of record on October 26, 2021, by electronic means and/or ordinary
mail.
s/Holly A. Monda
Case Manager
[phone]

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