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- ilcd;;1:16-cv-01089_de66 RegisterActionDate "2017-07-13" @default.
- ilcd;;1:16-cv-01089_de66 RegisterActionDescriptionText "TEXT ORDER entered by Judge Joe Billy McDade on 7/13/2017: Plaintiff files 48 , requesting the recruitment of pro bono counsel. 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 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. In other words, this inquiry is an individualized one based upon the record as a whole, the nature of the claims, and the plaintiffs 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). In the instant case, Plaintiff has filed a complaint which has survived a merit review, a motion for default judgment and successful motions to compel. Furthermore, Plaintiffs claim that Defendants failed to protect him from his cellmate deals with facts within his own knowledge and experience. 48 is DENIED. (JRK, ilcd) (Entered: 07/13/2017)" @default.
- ilcd;;1:16-cv-01089_de66 AdministrativeID "None" @default.
- ilcd;;1:16-cv-01089_de66 hasReferenceToOtherEntry ilcd;;1:16-cv-01089_de64 @default.