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- ilcd;;1:16-cv-01265_de88 RegisterActionDate "2018-05-22" @default.
- ilcd;;1:16-cv-01265_de88 RegisterActionDescriptionText "TEXT ONLY ORDER entered by Judge Michael M. Mihm on 5/22/2018. Defendants Motion for Extension of Time 72 is GRANTED. Dispositive motions shall be filed by June 8, 2018. Plaintiffs Motion to Strike 74 is DENIED. The Court sees no reason to strike Defendants motion. The Court notes Plaintiffs objection, and will take it into consideration should Defendants make additional requests. At this point, however, Defendants requests are not unreasonable. Plaintiff filed a Motion to Request Counsel 73 . Plaintiff has no constitutional or statutory right to counsel in this case. In considering the Plaintiffs motion, the court asks: (1) has the indigent Plaintiff made a reasonable attempt to obtain counsel or been effectively precluded from doing so; and if so, (2) given the difficulty of the case, does the plaintiff appear competent to litigate it himself? Pruitt v. Mote, 503 F.3d 647, 654-55 (7th Cir. 2007). Plaintiff has previously shown he made reasonable attempts to obtain counsel on his own. Plaintiff, however, has personal knowledge of the facts, he has been able to adequately communicate them to the Court, and he should have been able to obtain relevant documents via the discovery process. Plaintiff requests counsel on the basis that he has had to litigate against two different attorneys, because his psychiatric medications have been changed, and because he is pending a transfer to a different facility. Plaintiff, however, does not describe how these factors affect his ability to litigate this case. Documents he attached to his motion indicate that he has been receiving his medications, that he studies law in his spare time, and that he has received certifications for participating in IDOC groups. Accordingly, the Court finds that Plaintiff is capable of representing himself at this time. Plaintiffs motion 73 is DENIED with leave to renew.(RK, ilcd) (Entered: 05/22/2018)" @default.
- ilcd;;1:16-cv-01265_de88 AdministrativeID "None" @default.
- ilcd;;1:16-cv-01265_de88 hasJudgeReference SJ001506 @default.
- ilcd;;1:16-cv-01265_de88 hasReferenceToOtherEntry ilcd;;1:16-cv-01265_de85 @default.
- ilcd;;1:16-cv-01265_de88 hasReferenceToOtherEntry ilcd;;1:16-cv-01265_de86 @default.
- ilcd;;1:16-cv-01265_de88 hasReferenceToOtherEntry ilcd;;1:16-cv-01265_de87 @default.