Moniz v. Weipert

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF MICHIGAN SOUTHERN DIVISION HOWARD MONIZ, 2:20-CV-12705 Plaintiff, OPINION AND ORDER v. GRANTING DEFENDANTS’ MOTION TO DISMISS MICHAEL A. WEIPERT, et al., (ECF NOS. 5 AND 7) Defendant. I. INTRODUCTION This is a pro se civil rights case brought pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Michigan parolee Howard Moniz (“Plaintiff”) was convicted of unarmed robbery, second-degree home invasion, unlawful driving away of an automobile, fleeing and eluding, and resisting and obstructing a police officer following a jury trial in the Monroe County Circuit Court. He…