Northington #193035 v. Armstrong et al
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ORDER APPROVING AND ADOPTING REPORT AND RECOMMENDATION 561 ; the Objections 566 are denied; the pending motions in this case are moot; Judgment to issue; signed by Judge Janet T. Neff (Judge Janet T. Neff, rmw)
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
WESTERN DISTRICT OF MICHIGAN
SOUTHERN DIVISION
GARY M. NORTHINGTON #193035,
Plaintiff,
Case No. 1:10-cv-424
v
HON. JANET T. NEFF
JIM ARMSTRONG et al.,
Defendants.
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OPINION AND ORDER
This is a prisoner civil rights action filed pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 alleging various
claims against numerous defendants, including Eighth Amendment claims for inhumane conditions
of confinement and denial of medical care, and retaliation in violation of the First Amendment. The
matter is presently before the Court on Plaintiff’s objections (Dkt 566) to the Report and
Recommendation (R & R) (Dkt 561) of the Magistrate Judge, recommending that this Court dismiss
this case with prejudice for Plaintiff’s continued violations of the Court’s orders. In accordance with
28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1) and FED. R. CIV. P. 72(b)(3), the Court has performed de novo consideration
of those portions of the Report and Recommendation to which objections have been made. The
Court denies the objections and issues this Opinion and Order.
This case has a lengthy history.
As set forth in the Report and Recommendation
recommending dismissal, this history has not been a productive one in resolving this case—a
primary result of Plaintiff’s obstinance, excessive and frivolous litigious conduct, and threatening
and offensive filings. Over the course of nearly three-and-a-half years, Plaintiff has refused to
accept the Court’s rulings, consuming an inordinate amount of the Court’s time and resources in
addressing repeated and duplicative appeals, objections, and motions for rehearing or
reconsideration, a tactic well-familiar to both the Magistrate Judge and the undersigned. Of even
greater concern, Plaintiff’s focus has diverged from substantive legal claims to outrageous and
offensive accusations and behavior in defiance of the Court. For the reasons well-stated in the
Report and Recommendation, the Magistrate Judge recommends that this case be dismissed with
prejudice under FED. R. CIV. P. 41(b) for Plaintiff’s repeated failure to comply with this Court’s
orders.
Plaintiff’s objection advances no meritorious claim of error in the Report and
Recommendation. Plaintiff denies that he has failed to follow court orders and attributes the
dismissal to possibly undue bias against him or retaliation (Obj. at 1, 17), characterizing the Court’s
failure to grant him relief on his First Amendment claims for proper medical care as the Court
“becom[ing] a knowing accomplice to DEFENDANTS and DEFENSE COUNSEL in
PREMEDITATED MURDER!!!” (id. at 2). Plaintiff’s 35-page objection and exhibits are a
continuation of the unacceptable conduct exemplified in filings that have led to the recommended
dismissal of this case. Plaintiff’s attempt to explain his conduct in this case as a result of cognitive
dysfunction and a complication of his medical condition is unavailing (id. at 5). Likewise unavailing
are Plaintiff’s assertions that his alleged threats of biblical retribution were nothing more than
religious figures of speech taken out of context by the Magistrate Judge (id. at 11-12). Plaintiff’s
further numerous assertions that the case history and facts set forth by the Magistrate Judge are false
or patently fraudulent reflect Plaintiff’s inability or refusal to recognize his inappropriate actions
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before the Court. The Magistrate Judge properly concluded that dismissal of this case with prejudice
under FED. R. CIV. P. 41(b) is warranted.
Accordingly, this Court adopts the Magistrate Judge’s Report and Recommendation as the
Opinion of this Court. A Judgment will be entered consistent with this Opinion and Order. See FED.
R. CIV. P. 58.
Therefore:
IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the Objections (Dkt 566) are DENIED and the Report and
Recommendation (Dkt 561) is APPROVED and ADOPTED as the Opinion of the Court.
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that this case is DISMISSED with prejudice.
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the pending motions in this case are moot.
Dated: September 27, 2013
/s/ Janet T. Neff
JANET T. NEFF
United States District Judge
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