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- ilcd;;1:16-cv-01343_de62 RegisterActionDate "2017-07-19" @default.
- ilcd;;1:16-cv-01343_de62 RegisterActionDescriptionText "TEXT ORDER entered by Judge Colin Stirling Bruce on 7/19/2017. Plaintiff's motion for counsel 47 is DENIED. As 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 test in determining whether to attempt to recruit volunteer counsel for a pro se plaintiff is whether the litigant is competent to litigate his own claims. Id. at 655. In this case, Plaintiff's claims have survived a merit review, and he has filed cogent pleadings with the Court including responding to a motion for summary judgment based upon the alleged failure to exhaust his administrative remedies. Furthermore, Plaintiff's claims are not so novel or complex that he cannot litigate them himself. Plaintiff appears to be able to read and to write. Accordingly, the Court finds that Plaintiff is capable of litigating this case himself at this state of the litigation, and therefore, his motion is denied. (DS, ilcd) (Entered: 07/19/2017)" @default.
- ilcd;;1:16-cv-01343_de62 AdministrativeID "None" @default.
- ilcd;;1:16-cv-01343_de62 hasReferenceToOtherEntry ilcd;;1:16-cv-01343_de56 @default.