Burley v. Rider et al

Filing 21

ORDER denying 13 Objection to reassignment filed by Edward Donald Burley. Signed by District Judge George Caram Steeh. (MBea)

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
EASTERN DISTRICT OF MICHIGAN
SOUTHERN DIVISION

EDWARD DONALD BURLEY,
Plaintiff,
Case No. 17-10110
vs.
HON. GEORGE CARAM STEEH
RHONDA RIDER,
Defendant.
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ORDER DENYING PLAINTIFF’S OBJECTIONS [ECF NO. 13]
This matter was originally filed in the Eastern District of Michigan on
January 12, 2017 and was assigned to the Honorable Judge Paul Borman.
The case was transferred to the Western District of Michigan for the
convenience of the parties and witnesses. All of the operative facts in the
case took place at the Lakeland Correctional Facility, which is located in
the Western District of Michigan. See Opinion and Order, ECF No. 4.
Plaintiff moved to change venue back to the Eastern District of
Michigan and defendant Rider, the only remaining defendant in the matter,
did not oppose the request. On April 30, 2019, venue was transferred
back to this court. On May 1, 2019, the case was reassigned from Judge
Borman to the undersigned as a companion case to Case No. 16-10712.
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The matter is presently before the court on plaintiff’s objections to the
order reassigning the case as a companion case. Plaintiff’s primary
objections are that he is represented by counsel in one of his cases but not
the other, and that each case is at a different procedural stage – one is in
the discovery stage and the other is at the dispositive motion stage.
However, the two cases are not being consolidated for any purpose, and
each is guided by its own scheduling order. Plaintiff’s objections are not
well-taken. Now, therefore,
IT IS HEREBY ORDERED THAT plaintiff’s objections are
OVERRULED.
It is so ordered.
Dated: June 4, 2019
s/George Caram Steeh
GEORGE CARAM STEEH
UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE
CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
Copies of this Order were served upon attorneys of record on
June 4, 2019, by electronic and/or ordinary mail and also on
Edward Donald Burley #502426, Carson City Correctional
Facility, 10274 Boyer Road, Carson City, MI 48811.
s/Barbara Radke
Deputy Clerk

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