Opinion
23-10403
01-26-2024
PHILLIP G. BAZZO, Plaintiff, v. ATTORNEY GRIEVANCE COMMISSION et al., Defendants.
KIMBERLY G. ALTMAN MAGISTRATE JUDGE
ORDER ADOPTING REPORT AND RECOMMENDATION (ECF NO. 18) AND GRANTING DEFENDANTS' MOTION TO DISMISS (ECF NO. 8)
SHALINA D. KUMAR UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE
On February 15, 2023, Plaintiff Phillip G. Bazzo (Bazzo), a former attorney disbarred by the State Bar of Michigan, proceeding pro se, filed this lawsuit against the Attorney Grievance Commission (AGC), Michigan Grievance Administrator Michael V. Goetz (Goetz), and AGC attorney Sarah C. Lindsey (Lindsey) for their acts and omissions during the disciplinary process that led to his disbarment, and violations of his Fourth and Fourteenth Amendment Rights under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. ECF No. 1. This case was referred to the assigned magistrate judge for all pretrial proceedings pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 363(b)(1)(A) and a report and recommendation on all dispositive matters pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1)(B). ECF No. 5.
On January 2, 2024, the assigned magistrate judge issued a Report and Recommendation (R&R). ECF No. 18. The R&R recommends that the Court grant defendants' motion and dismiss the case because Bazzo's claims are barred by res judicata, the Rooker-Feldman doctrine, and the defendants' absolute immunity afforded to them by the Eleventh Amendment. Id. Neither party filed an objection to the R&R.
The Court has reviewed the record and the R&R is hereby ADOPTED and entered as the findings and conclusions of the Court.
Accordingly, IT IS ORDERED that defendants' motion to dismiss (ECF No. 8) is GRANTED.