The opinion
IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE
MIDDLE DISTRICT OF ALABAMA, NORTHERN DIVISION
GREGORY KELLY and ANNETTE )
B. KELLY, )
)
Plaintiffs, )
) CIVIL ACTION NO.
v. ) 2:25cv909-MHT
) (WO)
THE WATER WORKS & SANITARY )
SEWER BOARD OF THE CITY OF )
MONTGOMERY d/b/a Water )
Work Board (WWB), et al., )
)
Defendants. )
OPINION
Plaintiffs Gregory Kelly and Annette Kelly,
proceeding pro se, filed this 67-page, 58-count lawsuit
attempting to assert a wide variety of claims related
to water quality and water-usage rates against several
state agencies, a city water board and its chairman and
manager, a county commission, a mayor’s office, and a
corporation that provides water metering. Gregory
Kelly has been declared a vexatious litigant by this
court due to his repeated filing of shotgun and
frivolous complaints; as a result, the chief judge of
this court has ordered that any shotgun or facially
frivolous complaints filed by him and any person acting
in concert with him are subject to summary dismissal
after appropriate review. See Kelly v. Montgomery
Water Works & Sanitary Sewer Bd., No. 2:24cv348-RAH,
2025 WL 1461271, at *1 (M.D. Ala. May 21, 2025); Kelly
v. Alabama State Port Auth., No. 2:25cv825-RAH, 2025 WL
3633214, at *2 (M.D. Ala. Dec. 15, 2025).
This lawsuit is now before the court on the
recommendation of the United States Magistrate Judge
that plaintiffs’ case be dismissed without prejudice
because their complaint is a shotgun pleading and fails
to meet federal pleading standards, and that they not
be granted leave to amend. Also before the court are
plaintiff’s objections to the recommendation. After an
independent and de novo review of the record, the court
concludes that plaintiff’s objections should be
overruled and the magistrate judge’s recommendation
adopted. The court further notes that plaintiffs’
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pending motion to add documents to plaintiffs’ exhibit
list, if granted, would not change the outcome, and the
court will deny it as moot.
An appropriate judgment will be entered.
DONE, this the 2nd day of July, 2026.
/s/ Myron H. Thompson
UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE
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