Engel v. Corizon 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. 	) 	No. 4:21-cv-00717-PLC
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CORIZON, et al., 	)
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Defendants. 	)
OPINION, MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
This matter is before the Court for review of self-represented Plaintiff’s post-judgment and
post-appeal motion for reconsideration. (ECF No. 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. No. 4:21-
cv-00896-SEP, 2021 WL 4133791, at *3 (E.D. Mo. Sept. 10, 2021). In the instant motion, Plaintiff
realleges his claims involving a hernia he suffered in 2021 and adds allegations against Dr. John
Williams, who was not named as a defendant in the original complaint. He asks this Court to let
him proceed with his claims, and seeks $2.5 million in damages.
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 to return any
future documents to Plaintiff unfiled.
Accordingly,
IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that Plaintiff’s motion (ECF No.17) is DENIED.
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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 27th day of January, 2026.
HENRY EDWARD AUTREY
UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE
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