Jones v. Wyoming, City of et al

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
WESTERN DISTRICT OF MICHIGAN
SOUTHERN DIVISION
LES PAUL JONES, JR.,
Plaintiff,
v.
CITY OF WYOMING, et al.,
Defendants.
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Case No. 1:24-cv-439
Hon. Hala Y. Jarbou
ORDER
On October 24, 2025, Magistrate Judge Maarten Vermaat issued a report and
recommendation (R&R) that the Court dismiss this case for failure to prosecute (ECF No. 27).
The magistrate judge explained that Plaintiff had failed to attend two scheduling conferences, and
that the Court’s recent mail to his address on record had been returned as undeliverable. The Clerk
of Court mailed Plaintiff a copy of the R&R, but that too was returned.
Soon after, on November 7, the Court received a letter from Plaintiff in which he indicated
that he had electronically attended the most recent scheduling conference, but no one else logged
on. (11/7/2025 Letter, ECF No. 30.) It appears that Plaintiff actually attended on the wrong date—
October 22 instead of October 23. The November 7 letter listed the Kent County Correctional
Facility as its return address, so the Clerk of Court mailed the R&R there; it was again returned as
undeliverable. However, in the letter, Plaintiff provided a new address to which the Court should
send his mail: 1044 Bates St SE, Grand Rapids, MI 49506. (See 11/7/2025 Letter, PageID.108.)
Because Plaintiff has provided this new address to the Court, it will not dismiss the case for lack
of prosecution.
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Accordingly,
IT IS ORDERED that the R&R (ECF No. 27) is REJECTED.
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the Clerk of Court is directed to update Plaintiff’s
mailing address to 1044 Bates St SE, Grand Rapids, MI 49506.
Dated: December 12, 2025 /s/ Hala Y. Jarbou
HALA Y. JARBOU
CHIEF UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE
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