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- ilcd;;1:17-cv-01264_de23 RegisterActionDate "2018-02-20" @default.
- ilcd;;1:17-cv-01264_de23 RegisterActionDescriptionText "TEXT ORDER entered by Chief Judge James E. Shadid on 2/20/2018. Plaintiff has filed a motion for appointment of counsel. 17 Plaintiff has no constitutional right to the appointment of counsel. In addition, the Court cannot require an attorney to accept pro bono appointment in a civil case. The most the Court can do is ask for volunteer counsel. See Jackson v. County of McLean, 953 F.2d 1070, 1071 (7th Cir. 1992). In considering Plaintiff's motion, the Court must ask two questions: "(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 (7th Cir. 2007), citing Farmer v. Haas, 990 F.2d 319, 322 (7th Cir. 1993). In this case, Plaintiff has not demonstrated any attempt to find counsel on his own such as a list of attorneys contacted or copies of letters sent or received. Therefore, his motion is denied. 17 . (SAG, ilcd) (Entered: 02/20/2018)" @default.
- ilcd;;1:17-cv-01264_de23 AdministrativeID "None" @default.
- ilcd;;1:17-cv-01264_de23 hasJudgeReference SJ001502 @default.
- ilcd;;1:17-cv-01264_de23 hasReferenceToOtherEntry ilcd;;1:17-cv-01264_de22 @default.