Lyons et al v. Oakland County Prosecutor's Office et al

Filing 48

ORDER Adopting Report and Recommendation. Signed by District Judge Arthur J. Tarnow. (MLan)

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
EASTERN DISTRICT OF MICHIGAN
SOUTHERN DIVISION

YALAUNDA BUTTS,
Case No. 16-12561
Plaintiff,
v.

SENIOR U.S. DISTRICT JUDGE
ARTHUR J. TARNOW

OAKLAND COUNTY PROSECUTOR’S
OFFICE, ET AL.,

U.S. MAGISTRATE JUDGE
MONA K. MAJZOUB

Defendants.
/
ORDER ADOPTING REPORT AND RECOMMENDATION [47]
Plaintiff Yalaunda Butts, along with former Plaintiffs David Maurice LyonsBey and Dorian Willis, filed this pro se civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. §
1983, alleging violations of their Fourth and Fourteenth Amendment rights. The
Court referred all pretrial matters to the Magistrate Judge on March 21, 2017. The
Magistrate Judge issued an order to show cause on June 27, 2018, directed to Ms.
Butts, who by then was the only remaining Plaintiff.
The Order required Ms. Butts to show cause why her case should not be
dismissed pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 41(b) for failing to comply with the Court’s
March 2, 2018 Order to file an amended complaint on or before April 2, 2018
“identifying her claims and the specific defendants she is suing.” (Dkt. 40 pg. 9).
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Ms. Butts did not respond to this Order, and only on July 2, 2018, filed her amended
complaint.
On November 28, 2018, the Magistrate Judge issued a Report and
Recommendation [47] advising the Court Dismiss Plaintiff’s Complaint pursuant to
Fed. R. Civ. P. 41(b) for failure to comply with a court order. None of the parties
filed objections to the R&R. Fed. R. Civ. P. 72(b)(2).
The Court having reviewed the record, the Report and Recommendation [47]
is hereby ADOPTED and entered as the findings and conclusions of the Court.
Accordingly,
IT IS ORDERED that Plaintiff’s Complaint is DISMISSED.
SO ORDERED.

Dated: January 10, 2019

s/Arthur J. Tarnow
Arthur J. Tarnow
Senior United States District Judge

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