Engel v. MECC et al

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
EASTERN DISTRICT OF MISSOURI
EASTERN DIVISION
JOSEPH MICHAEL DEVON ENGEL, 	)
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Plaintiff, 	)
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v. 	) 	Case No. 4:21-cv-0897-MTS
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MECC, et al., 	)
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Defendants. 	)
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
This matter is before the Court on review of Plaintiff’s post-judgment motion to
reopen.* 	Doc. [17]. 	Plaintiff is a prisoner who is subject to 28 U.S.C. § 1915(g), and who
previously “knowingly and persistently engaged in litigation practices that amount[ed] to
abuse of the judicial process.” Engel v. Jefferson Cnty. Sheriff Dep’t, 4:21-cv-0896-SEP, 2021
WL 4133791, at *3 (E.D. Mo. Sept. 10, 2021). In the instant Motion, Plaintiff complains of
unlawful conditions of confinement at the Missouri Eastern Correctional Center (MECC) in
July of 2021, and he asks this Court to appoint counsel to represent him and let him proceed
with his claims. 	Plaintiff’s motion is frivolous, and it is consistent with his prior pattern of
abusive litigation before this Court. The Court will therefore deny the motion and direct the
Clerk of Court to return any future documents to Plaintiff unfiled.
Accordingly,
IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that Plaintiff’s Motion, Doc. [17], is DENIED.
* This action was dismissed on July 27, 2021, pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915(g). On October 6, 2021,
the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals dismissed Plaintiff’s appeal on the same grounds. Engel v. MECC,
No. 21-2869 (8th Cir. 2021).
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IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that, should Plaintiff submit any additional documents
in this closed matter, the Clerk of Court shall return them to Plaintiff unfiled.
Dated this 9th day of January 2026.
MATTHEW T. SCHELP
UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE
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