Williams v. Chambers-Smith et al

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF OHIO
EASTERN DIVISION
CHRISTOPHER-MICHAEL
WILLIAMS,
Plaintiff,
vs.
ANNETTE CHAMBERS-SMITH, et al.,
Defendants.
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Case No. 2:26-cv-00259
District Judge Michael H. Watson
Magistrate Judge Caroline H. Gentry
ORDER
Plaintiff Christopher-Michael Williams recently submitted a pro se Complaint and
related documents to this Court. The resulting case, No. 2:26-cv-00259, has been
assigned to District Judge Michael H. Watson. Certain matters have been referred to the
undersigned Magistrate Judge pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 636(b) and this Court’s Amended
General Order No. 22-05. (See also Doc. No. 5.)
The Court’s review of Plaintiff’s initial filings is ongoing. Plaintiff has not yet
paid the filing fees or resolved the deficiency with his in forma pauperis application. (See
IFP Application, Doc. No. 1-12; Notice of Deficiency, Doc. No. 2 [noting that the
application does not contain a copy of Plaintiff’s trust fund account statement].) More
recently, however, Plaintiff filed a “Motion for an Order Clarifying Debt Collection
Under 28 U.S.C. §1915(B)(2) to Cashiers Office Collecting Funds” in this case. (Doc.
No. 6.) Therein, he refers to actions taken to collect the filing fee in one of his other
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cases, No. 2:25-cv-00154. (See, e.g., Doc. No. 6-1 at PageID 132-133 [referring to said
case number].) Plaintiff filed the same or a very similar motion in that case the same day
he filed the instant motion. (Compare Doc. No. 6 in Case No. 2:26-cv-00259 with Doc.
No. 28 in Case No. 2:25-cv-00154.)
Any dispute concerning the filing fee in Case No. 2:25-cv-00154 must be resolved
in that case and is not appropriately considered here. The instant motion filed in Case No.
2:26-cv-00259 is therefore DENIED. (Doc. No. 6.)
Plaintiff’s response to the Notice of Deficiency in this case remains due April 2,
2026. (Doc. No. 2.)
IT IS SO ORDERED.
/s/ Caroline H. Gentry
Caroline H. Gentry
UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE
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