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- ilcd;;1:16-cv-01333_de13 RegisterActionDate "2017-01-18" @default.
- ilcd;;1:16-cv-01333_de13 RegisterActionDescriptionText "TEXT ORDER entered by Judge Michael M. Mihm on 1/18/2017. Plaintiff files 11 , a motion for 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.). Here, Plaintiff has demonstrated that he made a reasonable attempt to obtain counsel on his own, so the Court looks to the second part of the Pruitt test, does 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). Plaintiff asserts that his post-concussive headache syndrome and carpal tunnel syndrome impede his ability to prosecute his case. However, Plaintiff has filed cogent pleadings with the Court; and his claim has survived a merit review. Moreover, the plaintiff's claim is not so novel or complex that he cannot litigate it himself. Ledford v. Sullivan, 105 F.3d 354, 359 (7th Cir. 1997)(expert not necessary to determine whether Defendants were deliberately indifferent). 11 is DENIED.(JS, ilcd) (Entered: 01/18/2017)" @default.
- ilcd;;1:16-cv-01333_de13 AdministrativeID "None" @default.
- ilcd;;1:16-cv-01333_de13 hasJudgeReference SJ001506 @default.
- ilcd;;1:16-cv-01333_de13 hasReferenceToOtherEntry ilcd;;1:16-cv-01333_de12 @default.