Reilly v. St. Clair County et al

Filing 30

ORDER (1) Adopting the Recommended Disposition of 28 Report and Recommendation to Dismiss the "John Doe" Defendants; (2) Dismissing All Claims Against Defendants John Doe and Jane Doe; (3) Adopting Recommended Disposition of 27 Report and Recommendation Regarding Defendants' Amended Motion to Dismiss and Defendants' Original Motion to Dismiss; Granting Defendants' 22 Amended Motion to Dismiss Second Lawsuit; and (5) Denying Defendants' 15 Original Motion to Dismiss as Moot. Signed by District Judge Matthew F. Leitman. (HRya)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
EASTERN DISTRICT OF MICHIGAN
SOUTHERN DIVISION
JAMIE REILLY,
Plaintiff,
Case No. 22-cv-11952
Hon. Matthew F. Leitman

v.
ST. CLAIR COUNTY, et al.,

Defendants.
__________________________________________________________________/
ORDER (1) ADOPTING THE RECOMMENDED DISPOSITION OF
REPORT AND RECOMMENDATION TO DISMISS THE “JOHN DOE”
DEFENDANTS (ECF No. 28); (2) DISMISSING ALL CLAIMS AGAINST
DEFENDANTS JOHN DOE AND JANE DOE; (3) ADOPTING
RECOMMENDED DISPOSITION OF REPORT AND
RECOMMENDATION REGARDING DEFENDANTS’ AMENDED
MOTION TO DISMISS AND DEFENDANTS’ ORIGINAL MOTION TO
DISMISS (ECF No. 27); (4) GRANTING DEFENDANTS’ AMENDED
MOTION TO DISMISS SECOND LAWSUIT (ECF No. 22); AND (5)
DENYING DEFENDANTS’ ORIGINAL MOTION TO DISMISS (ECF No.
15) AS MOOT
On August 19, 2022, Plaintiff Jamie Reilly1 filed this pro se civil action
against a number of individuals and municipal entities. (See Compl., ECF No. 1.)
Reilly broadly alleges that, while she was confined as a pretrial detainee in the St.
Clair County Jail, “she was subjected to inhumane living conditions, deliberate
indifference, and sexual abuse/harassment.” (Id., PageID.1-2.) Reilly seeks to hold

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Plaintiff is listed as a biological male in MDOC’s Offender Tracking Information
System, but identifies as a female and uses female pronouns in the Complaint.
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the various named Defendants liable under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, the Americans with
Disabilities Act (ADA), 42 U.S.C. § 12101 et seq., and the Rehabilitation Act (RA),
29 U.S.C. § 794 et seq. The suit was referred to Magistrate Judge Patricia Morris
for all pretrial proceedings on December 5, 2022.
Now before the Court are two Report and Recommendations issued by
Magistrate Judge Morris (the “R&Rs”). The first R&R was entered on April 5, 2023
(the “April 5 R&R”). It concerns two motions to dismiss filed by Defendants St.
Clair County, St. Clair Jail, St. Clair County Commissioners, Tim Donnellon, Tom
Buckley, Matt Paulus, Tom Bliss, Kyle Adams, Richard Olejnik, Greg McConnell,
Karl Tomion, Howard Heidemann, Duke Dunn, Jeffrey Bohm, David Rushing, Bill
Gratopp, Daniel Kelly, Deputy Gilbert, Deputy O’Boyle, Deputy Lepola, and
Deputy Bell (“the County Defendants”). In the April 5 R&R, Magistrate Judge
Morris recommended that the County Defendants’ Amended Motion to Dismiss
(ECF No. 22) be GRANTED, and that the County Defendants’ original Motion to
Dismiss (ECF No. 15) be DENIED AS MOOT.
The second Report and Recommendation was issued on April 18, 2023 (the
“April 18 R&R”). In that R&R, Magistrate Judge Morris recommended that all
claims against Defendants John Doe and Jane Doe be DISMISSED.

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At the conclusion of both R&R’s, Magistrate Judge Morris advised Reilly that
if she wished to file objections, she needed to do so within 14 days. Reilly has not
filed any objections to either R&R. The failure to object to a Report and
Recommendation releases the Court from its duty to independently review the
matter. See Thomas v. Arn, 474 U.S. 140, 149 (1985). Likewise, the failure to object
waives any further right to appeal. See Howard v. Sec'y of Health and Human Servs.,
932 F.2d 505 (6th Cir. 1991); Smith v. Detroit Fed'n of Teachers Local 231, 829
F.2d 1370, 1373 (6th Cir. 1987).
Accordingly, because Reilly has failed to file any objections to either R&R,
IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the recommended dispositions of both the April
5 R&R (ECF No. 27) and the April 18 R&R (ECF No. 28) are ADOPTED. For the
reasons explained in the R&Rs, IT IS FURTHER ORDERED THAT:
 The County Defendants’ Amended Motion to Dismiss Second Lawsuit (ECF
No. 22) is GRANTED. To the extent that the claims against the County
Defendants were not already dismissed in the Court’s Order Summarily
Dismissing Claims against Defendants St. Clair County, St. Clair County Jail,
St. Clair County Commissioners, Greg McConnell, Karl Tomion, Howard
Heidemann, Duke Dunn, Jeffrey Bohm, David Rushing, and Bill Gratopp
(ECF No. 26), all claims against the County Defendants are DISMISSED.

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 The County Defendants’ Motion to Dismiss (ECF No. 15) is DENIED AS
MOOT.
 All claims against Defendants John Doe and Jane Doe are DISMISSED.
IT IS SO ORDERED.
s/Matthew F. Leitman
MATTHEW F. LEITMAN
UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE
Dated: May 22, 2023
I hereby certify that a copy of the foregoing document was served upon the parties
and/or counsel of record on May 22, 2023, by electronic means and/or ordinary mail.
s/Holly A. Ryan
Case Manager
[phone]

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