Coleman v. Detroit Metro Airport

Opinion

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF MICHIGAN SOUTHERN DIVISION

VERNON COLEMAN,

Plaintiff, Case No. 19-11552 v. Honorable Victoria A. Roberts Mag. Judge R. Steven Whalen

DETROIT METROPOLITAN AIRPORT, WAYNE COUNTY METRO AIRPORT PD, CITY OF DETROIT, WAYNE COUNTY, JOHN DOE 1 AND JOHN DOE 2,

Defendants. _________________________________/

ORDER ENJOINING PLAINTIFF FROM FILING FURTHER COMPLAINTS WITHOUT FIRST SEEKING AND OBTAINING LEAVE OF COURT

The Court IMPOSES a permanent injunction requiring Vernon Coleman (“Coleman”) to seek leave of court before filing any further complaints. This restriction is warranted because Coleman has brought at least nine suits related to his July 2018 arrest at Detroit Metropolitan Airport. These claims relate to the same occurrence and allege similar claims against various Defendants. Coleman’s “repetitive or vexatious litigation” is a valid basis for imposing pre-filing restrictions because the merits of his claim have been summarily dismissed more than once. Feathers v. Chevron U.S.A. Inc., 141 F.3d 264, 269 (6th Cir. 1998)(“[W]e see nothing wrong . . . with an order that restrains not only an individual

litigant from repeatedly filing an identical complaint, but that places limits on a reasonably defined category of litigation because of a recognized pattern of repetitive, frivolous, or vexatious cases within that category.”).

Coleman is enjoined and restrained from filing in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan any new lawsuit against any party relating in any way to his arrest at the Detroit Metropolitan Airport, without first making a written request for and receiving a court order

from the Presiding Judge authorizing the filing of such lawsuit. The Clerk’s Office must impose the pre-filing restrictions on Coleman consistent with the Court’s Order [ECF 39].

IT IS ORDERED. S/ Victoria A. Roberts Victoria A. Roberts United States District Judge

Dated: November 8, 2019