Mahan v. Austin et al

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
EASTERN DISTRICT OF MICHIGAN
SOUTHERN DIVISION
TYRONE WILLIAM MAHAN,
Plaintiff, 	Case No. 22-10489
Hon. Jonathan J.C. Grey
v. 	Magistrate Judge Patricia Morris
KRISTEN AUSTIN and
NATALYA STOKELY-HAMDAN,
Defendants.
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ORDER ADOPTING REPORT AND
RECOMMENDATION (ECF No. 127)
On March 1, 2022, pro se Plaintiff Tyrone Mahan filed this prisoner
civil rights action, alleging that certain officials inside the Michigan
Department 	of 	Corrections 	(“MDOC”) 	intentionally 	exposed 	him 	to
COVID-19, causing Mahan to contract the virus. (ECF No. 1.) The
remaining Defendants, Kristen Austin and Natalya Stokely-Hamdan,
are 	two 	former employees of Corizon 	Health, 	which 	was a 	private
company that provided healthcare services to MDOC inmates. (ECF No.
127, PageID.2021.)
This matter comes before the Court on Magistrate Judge Patricia
Morris’ Report and Recommendation dated September 10, 2025. (ECF
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No. 127.) In the Report and Recommendation, Magistrate Judge Morris
recommends 	that 	the 	Court 	dismiss 	the 	case 	sua 	sponte 	without
prejudice because Mahan’s lawsuit is no longer tenable. No party has
filed an objection to the Report and Recommendation.
The Court has had an opportunity to review this matter and finds
that Magistrate Judge Morris reached the correct conclusions for the
proper reasons. Finding no error in Magistrate Judge Morris’ Report and
Recommendation, the Court adopts the Report and Recommendation in
its entirety. Furthermore, as neither party has raised an objection to the
Report and Recommendation, the Court finds that the parties have
waived any further objections to the Report and Recommendation. Smith
v. Detroit Fed’n of Teachers Local 231, 829 F.2d 1370, 1373 (6th Cir. 1987)
(a party’s failure to file any objections waives his or her right to further
appeal); Thomas v. Arn, 474 U.S. 140, 149 (1985).
For the reasons stated above, IT IS ORDERED that the Report
and 	Recommendation 	dated 	September 	10, 	2025 	(ECF 	No. 	127) 	is
ADOPTED as this Court’s findings of fact and conclusions of law.
IT 	IS 	FURTHER 	ORDERED 	that 	this 	cause 	of 	action 	is
DISMISSED WITHOUT PREJUDICE.
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SO ORDERED.
s/Jonathan J.C. Grey
JONATHAN J.C. GREY
Dated: November 3, 2025 	UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE
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Certificate of Service
The undersigned certifies that the foregoing document was served upon
counsel of record and any unrepresented parties via the Court’s ECF
System to their respective email or First-Class U.S. mail addresses
disclosed on the Notice of Electronic Filing on November 3, 2025.
s/ S. Osorio
Sandra Osorio
Case Manager
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