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- ilcd;;1:17-cv-01489_de70 RegisterActionDate "2019-09-20" @default.
- ilcd;;1:17-cv-01489_de70 RegisterActionDescriptionText "TEXT ORDER entered by Judge Colin Stirling Bruce on 9/20/2019. Plaintiff's motion to request counsel 48 is DENIED. As the Court has previously explained to Plaintiff, the Court does not possess the authority to require an attorney to accept pro bono appointments on civil cases such as this. Pruitt v. Mote, 503 F.3d 647, 653 (7th Cir. 2007). The most that the Court can do is to ask for volunteer counsel. Jackson v. County of McLean, 953 F.2d 1070, 1071 (7th Cir. 1992)(holding that it is a "fundamental premise that indigent civil litigants have no constitutional or statutory right to be represented by counsel in federal court."). In determining whether the Court should attempt to find an attorney to voluntarily take a case, "the question is whether the difficulty of the case-factually and legally-exceeds the particular plaintiff's capacity as a layperson to coherently present it to the judge or jury himself.... The question is whether the plaintiff appears competent to litigate his own claims, given their degree of difficulty, and this includes the tasks that normally attend litigation: evidence gathering, preparing and responding to motions and other court filings, and trial." Pruitt, 503 F.3d at 655 (emphasis in original). In other words, this inquiry is an individualized one based upon the record as a whole, the nature of the claims, and the plaintiff's ability to pursue his claims through all phases of the case, including discovery and trial. Navejar v. Iyioloa, 718 F.3d 692, 696 (7th Cir. 2013). Here, Plaintiff claims that he takes medication that makes it difficult for him to litigate this case, but he has offered no evidence to support his allegation. Moreover, Plaintiff has engaged in the discovery process, has filed cogent motions, and has successfully amended his complaint. Plaintiff's excessive force claim is not an overly complicated legal claim, and for these reasons, the Court re-affirms its determination that Plaintiff is capable of litigating this case himself at the point in the proceedings and denies his motion for counsel. (KE, ilcd) (Entered: 09/20/2019)" @default.
- ilcd;;1:17-cv-01489_de70 AdministrativeID "None" @default.
- ilcd;;1:17-cv-01489_de70 OntologyLabel order @default.
- ilcd;;1:17-cv-01489_de70 hasReferenceToOtherEntry ilcd;;1:17-cv-01489_de67 @default.