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- ilcd;;1:16-cv-01023_de61 RegisterActionDate "2017-01-09" @default.
- ilcd;;1:16-cv-01023_de61 RegisterActionDescriptionText "TEXT ORDER entered by Judge Colin Stirling Bruce on 1/9/2017. Plaintiff's motion to request counsel 49 is DENIED. The fact that Plaintiff no longer has the assistance of his "jail house lawyer" does not entitle him to counsel recruited by this Court. As the Court 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). Likewise, the fact that Plaintiff could better litigate this case with the assistance of counsel is not the test. DeWitt v. Corizon, Inc., 760 F.3d 654, 657 (7th Cir. 2014). The Court finds that Plaintiff is able to litigate his claim at this stage of the case, and therefore, his motion is denied. (DS, ilcd) (Entered: 01/09/2017)" @default.
- ilcd;;1:16-cv-01023_de61 AdministrativeID "None" @default.
- ilcd;;1:16-cv-01023_de61 hasReferenceToOtherEntry ilcd;;1:16-cv-01023_de60 @default.