UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
WESTERN DISTRICT OF MICHIGAN
IN THE MATTER OF REASSIGNMENT
OF RELATED CASES FILED
Administrative Order No. 23-MS-095
BY COREY BLOCKER
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WHEREAS then Chief Judge Robert J. Jonker issued an Order imposing Restricted Filer
status on Plaintiff Corey Blocker and directing that any future cases filed by Plaintiff Corey
Blocker be assigned to Judge Jonker under the related and cognate case rule of the Court (ECF
No. 5, Case No. 1:21-cv-557);
WHEREAS Plaintiff Corey Blocker has named Judge Jonker as a Defendant in multiple
cases, requiring an Order of Disqualification to enter pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 455 (see Case Nos.
1:23-cv-6, 1:23-cv-283, 1:23-cv-446, which are now closed);
WHEREAS Plaintiff Corey Blocker continues to file similar complaints, including Case
No. 1:23-cv-1019, Blocker v. Jonker, et al., which was originally assigned to Judge Jonker and
then re-assigned to District Judge Jane M. Beckering after Judge Jonker entered an Order of
Disqualification;
WHEREAS the undersigned has concluded that any future cases filed by Plaintiff Corey
Blocker should be assigned to Judge Beckering under Local Rule 3.3.1(d)(iii) regarding related
cases and under Local Rule 3.3.2(b) to effect judicial economy;
IT IS ORDERED that, based on his history of filings and the previously imposed
Restricted Filing Status Order issued July 6, 2021 (ECF No. 5, Case No. 1:21-cv-557), Plaintiff
Corey Blocker is placed on Restricted Filing status and any Judicial Officer reviewing an
application from Plaintiff to proceed in forma pauperis under 28 U.S.C. § 1915(a)(1) may grant
such an application only after first determining that the complaint survives screening under the
standards of 28 U.S.C. § 1915(e)(2). No defendant named in any such complaint shall have an
obligation to respond unless and until the Court authorizes service of the complaint on that
defendant and sets a deadline for response.
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that, to facilitate effective screening, any future cases filed
by Plaintiff Corey Blocker shall be assigned to District Judge Jane M. Beckering under the related
and cognate case rule of the Court. W.D. Mich. LCivR 3.3.1(d)(iii), 3.3.2(b).
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the Clerk’s Office shall adjust the case assignments to
other district judges to offset cases being assigned to Judge Beckering under this Administrative
Order.
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that all cases assigned to Judge Beckering under this
Administrative Order shall also be assigned to Magistrate Judge Ray Kent.
A copy of this Administrative Order shall be filed in each of the cases the assignment or
reassignment of which was made under this Order.
FOR THE COURT:
Dated: October 11, 2023
HALA Y. JARBOU
CHIEF UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE
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