Taylor v. McCowan

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
WESTERN DISTRICT OF MICHIGAN
SOUTHERN DIVISION
WAYNE TAYLOR, III,
Plaintiff,
v.
KELLIE HUGHES MCCOWAN,
Defendant.
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Case No. 1:25-cv-1231
HON. JANE M. BECKERING
ORDER
Pending before the Court is a Report and Recommendation from the Magistrate Judge
(ECF No. 7) recommending dismissal of Plaintiff’s Complaint (ECF No. 1). Plaintiff has since
filed an Amended Complaint (ECF No. 9). Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 72(b) states that “in
reviewing a magistrate judge’s recommendation, the district judge may . . . receive further
evidence, or return the matter to the magistrate judge with instructions.” 	See Moore v. United
States Dep’t of Agric., No. 17-5363, 2018 WL 1612299, at *2 (6th Cir. Jan. 31, 2018).
Accordingly:
IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that this matter is remanded to the Magistrate Judge to
consider 	whether 	Plaintiff’s 	Amended 	Complaint 	affects 	the 	Magistrate 	Judge’s 	prior
recommendation.
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the Report and Recommendation (ECF No. 7) is
DISMISSED as moot.
Dated: December 1, 2025
JANE M. BECKERING
United States District Judge
/s/ Jane M. Beckering
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