Craft et al v. Billingslea et al

Filing 58

ORDER RESCINDING ORDER OF REFERENCE TO UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE 55 AND DENYING WITHOUT PREJUDICE PLAINTIFFS' MOTION TO COMPEL SUPPLEMENTAL DISCOVERY RESPONSES 54 . Signed by District Judge Gershwin A. Drain. (TBan)

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
EASTERN DISTRICT OF MICHIGAN
SOUTHERN DIVISION
D’MARCO CRAFT AND
MICHAELE JACKSON,

Case No. 17-cv-12752

Plaintiffs,

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT JUDGE
GERSHWIN A. DRAIN

v.
RICHARD BILLINGSLEA ET AL.,
Defendants.
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UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE
MONA K. MAJZOUB

ORDER RESCINDING ORDER OF REFERENCE TO UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE
JUDGE [55] AND DENYING WITHOUT PREJUDICE PLAINTIFFS’ MOTION TO
COMPEL SUPPLEMENTAL DISCOVERY RESPONSES [54]
On December 21, 2017, the Wayne County Prosecutor’s Office criminally
charged Defendant Richard Billingslea for actions alleged in this case.1 The Court,
therefore, stayed this case on March 21, 2018. Dkt. No. 57.
On March 20, 2018, one day before the Court stayed the case, Plaintiffs moved
to compel supplemental discovery responses and the Court referred this motion to
United States Magistrate Judge Mona K. Majzoub. See Dkt. Nos. 54, 55.
The Court will RESCIND the Order of Reference to United States Magistrate
Judge Majzoub [55]. And, as the case is stayed, the Court will DENY Plaintiffs’

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See Allie Gross, Two Detroit Police Officers Arraigned in Excessive Force
Cases, DETROIT FREE PRESS, Dec. 21, 2017, available at
https://www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/detroit/2017/12/21/detroitpolice-excessive-force/973551001/

Motion to Compel Supplemental Discovery Responses WITHOUT PREJUDICE
[54].
IT IS SO ORDERED.
Dated: May 21, 2018

/s/Gershwin A. Drain
GERSHWIN A. DRAIN
United States District Judge

CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
Copies of this Order were served upon attorneys of record on
May 21, 2018, by electronic and/or ordinary mail.
/s/ Tanya Bankston
Deputy Clerk

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