In re Flint Water Cases

Full title: In re Flint Water Cases. This Order Relates To: ALL CASES

Court: UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF MICHIGAN SOUTHERN DIVISION

Date published: Mar 9, 2020

5:17-cv-10400-JEL-MKM (E.D. Mich. Mar. 9, 2020)

Opinion

03-09-2020

In re Flint Water Cases. This Order Relates To: ALL CASES

Judith E. Levy United States District Judge

OPINION AND ORDER DISMISSING CERTAIN DEFENDANTS

On December 15, 2019, the Court ordered Plaintiffs in individual Flint Water Cases to show cause in writing by January 8, 2020 why certain Defendants should not be dismissed. These Defendants were: Jeff Wright,¹ Daniel Wyant,² Dayne Walling,³ Nick Lyon,⁴ Edward Kurtz,⁵ Liane Shekter Smith,⁶ Nancy Peeler,⁷ Robert Scott,⁸ and Eden Wells.⁹

1 Wright was dismissed as a Defendant in Carthan v. Snyder, 384 F. Supp. 3d 802, 860 (E.D. Mich. 2019) and again in Walters v. Flint, No. 17-10164, 2019 WL 3530874, at *39 (E.D. Mich. Aug. 2, 2019).

2 Wyant was dismissed as a Defendant in Carthan, 384 F. Supp. at 859 and again in Walters, 2019 WL 3530874, at *16.

3 Walling was dismissed as a Defendant in Carthan, 384 F. Supp. at 860 and again in Walters, 2019 WL 3530874, at *39.

4 Lyon was dismissed as a Defendant in Walters, 2019 WL 3530874, at *35.

5 Kurtz was dismissed as a Defendant in Carthan, 384 F. Supp. at 860, and was not named as a Defendant in Walters, 2019 WL 3530874, at *3 n.5.

6 Shekter Smith is still a Defendant in Carthan, 384 F. Supp. at 859, but was dismissed in Walters on statute of limitations grounds. Walters, 2019 WL 3530874, at *11-*13.

7 Peeler was dismissed in Carthan, 384 F. Supp. at 858, and was not named as a Defendant in Walters, 2019 WL 3530874, at *2 n.4.

8 Scott was not named as a Defendant in Walters, 2019 WL 3530874, at *2 n.4.

9 Wells was not named as a Defendant in Walters, 2019 WL 3530874, at *2 n.4. --------

Co-liaison Counsel for the Plaintiffs responded on January 8, 2020, arguing that Shekter Smith should not be dismissed in several of these cases. (Carthan, No. 16-cv-10444, ECF No. 1035.) The Court will decide the issues raised by Co-Liaison Counsel at a later date. Because Plaintiffs have not otherwise responded to the Court's order to show cause, if the following individuals are named as Defendants in this case, they are dismissed: Jeff Wright, Daniel Wyant, Dayne Walling, Nick Lyon, Edward Kurtz, Nancy Peeler, Robert Scott, and Eden Wells.

IT IS SO ORDERED. Date: March 9, 2020
Ann Arbor, Michigan

s/Judith E. Levy

JUDITH E. LEVY

United States District Judge

CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

The undersigned certifies that the foregoing document was served upon counsel of record and any unrepresented parties via the Court's ECF System to their respective email or First Class U.S. mail addresses disclosed on the Notice of Electronic Filing on March 10, 2020.

s/William Barkholz

WILLIAM BARKHOLZ

Case Manager