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- ilcd;;1:17-cv-01071_de55 RegisterActionDate "2017-10-04" @default.
- ilcd;;1:17-cv-01071_de55 RegisterActionDescriptionText "TEXT ORDER Entered by Judge Sara Darrow on 10/4/2017. Plaintiff filed a Motion for Appointment of Counsel 35 and a Motion of Interference by Institutional Staff 36 in which he seeks appointment of counsel as a remedy for the alleged interference by Pontiac officials in litigating this case. 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 not shown that he made a reasonable effort to obtain counsel on his own. Although he states he wrote law firms, a plaintiff usually shows he made attempts to obtain counsel by attaching copies of letters sent to attorneys seeking representation and copies of any responses received. Plaintiff has personal knowledge of the facts, he has been able to adequately convey them to the Court, and his claims do not appear overly complex at this time. Moreover, the allegations in Plaintiffs Motion of Interference 36 state that Plaintiff is having trouble getting copies and, on one occasion, filing a motion, but they do not suggest that Plaintiff is being hindered in any other respect. Therefore, Plaintiffs motion 35 is DENIED with leave to renew. Plaintiffs motion 36 is DENIED. (ED, ilcd) (Entered: 10/04/2017)" @default.
- ilcd;;1:17-cv-01071_de55 AdministrativeID "None" @default.
- ilcd;;1:17-cv-01071_de55 hasJudgeReference SJ001510 @default.
- ilcd;;1:17-cv-01071_de55 hasReferenceToOtherEntry ilcd;;1:17-cv-01071_de48 @default.
- ilcd;;1:17-cv-01071_de55 hasReferenceToOtherEntry ilcd;;1:17-cv-01071_de49 @default.