UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT WESTERN DISTRICT OF MICHIGAN SOUTHERN DIVISION

JOSEPH F. KAMP,

Plaintiff, Hon. Robert J. Jonker

v. Case No. 1:24-cv-1116

UNKNOWN PARTIES, et al.,

Defendants. _________________________________/

REPORT AND RECOMMENDATION Plaintiff initiated this action October 24, 2024. (ECF No. 1). Because Plaintiff has been permitted to proceed as a pauper (ECF No. 5), the Court has reviewed Plaintiff’s complaint pursuant to

(e)(2) to determine whether it is frivolous, malicious, or fails to state a claim upon which relief can be granted. Pursuant to

(b)(1)(B), the undersigned recommends that this action be dismissed. ANALYSIS A claim must be dismissed for failure to state a claim on which relief may be granted unless the “[f]actual allegations [are] enough to raise a right for relief above the speculative level on the assumption that all of the complaint s allegations are true.” Bell Atlantic Corp. v. Twombly,

(2007). As the Supreme Court has held, to avoid dismissal, a complaint must contain “sufficient factual matter, accepted as 1 true, to ‘state a claim to relief that is plausible on its face.’” Ashcroft v. Iqbal,

(2009). This plausibility standard “is not akin to a ‘probability requirement,’ but it asks for more than a sheer possibility that a defendant has acted

unlawfully.” If the complaint simply pleads facts that are “merely consistent with” a defendant’s liability, it “stops short of the line between possibility and plausibility of ‘entitlement to relief.’”

As the Court further observed: Two working principles underlie our decision in Twombly. First, the tenet that a court must accept as true all of the allegations contained in a complaint is inapplicable to legal conclusions. Threadbare recitals of the elements of a cause of action, supported by mere conclusory statements, do not suffice. . .Rule 8 marks a notable and generous departure from the hyper-technical, code-pleading regime of a prior era, but it does not unlock the doors of discovery for a plaintiff armed with nothing more than conclusions. Second, only a complaint that states a plausible claim for relief survives a motion to dismiss. . .Determining whether a complaint states a plausible claim for relief will, as the Court of Appeals observed, be a context-specific task that requires the reviewing court to draw on its judicial experience and common sense. But where the well pleaded facts do not permit the court to infer more than the mere possibility of misconduct, the complaint has alleged – but it has not “show[n]” – “that the pleader is entitled to relief.”

(internal citations omitted). It is difficult to discern who or what Plaintiff is asserting this action against or what claims he is attempting to assert. Plaintiff’s complaint fails to identify any defendant. Likewise, Plaintiff has failed to identify, or even suggest, what law(s) any individual or entity has allegedly violated. Plaintiff has likewise failed to articulate facts indicating that any individual or entity engaged in wrongful or unlawful conduct. 2 Instead, Plaintiff’s complaint contains illogical references to unemployment, pyramids, slavery, and sex-trafficking. Plaintiff’s complaint simply fails to allege facts sufficient to state a claim against any identified individual or entity on which relief may be

granted. Accordingly, the undersigned recommends that this matter be dismissed for failure to state a claim on which relief may be granted. CONCLUSION For the reasons discussed herein, the undersigned recommends that Plaintiff’s complaint (ECF No. 1) be dismissed for failure to state a claim on which relief may be granted. For the same reasons the undersigned makes this recommendation, the

undersigned finds that an appeal of such would be frivolous. Coppedge v. United States,

(1962). Accordingly, the undersigned further recommends that an appeal of this matter by Plaintiff would not be in good faith. OBJECTIONS to this Report and Recommendation must be filed with the Clerk of Court within fourteen days of the date of service of this notice.

(b)(1)(C). Failure to file objections within the specified time waives the right to

appeal the District Court’s order. See Thomas v. Arn,

(1985); United States v. Walters,

(6th Cir. 1981). Respectfully submitted,

Dated: November 6, 2024 /s/ Phillip J. Green PHILLIP J. GREEN United States Magistrate Judge 3