Opinion
21-11589
08-14-2024
SHIRLEY DOUGLAS, Petitioner, v. UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Respondent.
ORDER STRIKING MOTIONS FOR RELIEF
DAVID M. LAWSON, United States District Judge
On July 7, 2021, petitioner Shirley Douglas filed a motion to vacate her conviction and sentence in the related criminal matter United States v. Douglas, 16-20436 (E.D. Mich.). The Court issued an opinion and order and entered judgment denying the motion to vacate on July 26, 2024, and it issued an order denying a certificate of appealability on the same date. On August 5 and August 8, 2024, the Clerk of Court received and docketed under this associated civil file number two documents that were labeled as “motions” seeking “monetary relief and damages.” The Court is unable to discern any legal or factual grounds for the relief sought in the recent filings, and the petitioner's claims collaterally attacking her conviction were adjudicated fully by the Court's prior ruling. If the petitioner wishes to pursue a claim for damages, she must file a complaint in a new case and pay the filing fee. Fed.R.Civ.P. 3. The filing of such papers under this civil file number was improper, and the petitioner's motions do not present any cognizable grounds for the relief sought.
Accordingly, it is ORDERED that the petitioner's motions for relief (ECF No. 2, 3) are STRICKEN.