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- ilcd;;1:17-cv-01444_de64 RegisterActionDate "2018-12-14" @default.
- ilcd;;1:17-cv-01444_de64 RegisterActionDescriptionText "TEXT ORDER entered by Judge Sara Darrow on 12/14/2018. Plaintiff filed three motions 48 49 51 inquiring whether correspondence defense counsel sent to him were sent by the Court and asking the Court to appoint a lawyer. The Court did not send Plaintiff the documents attached in his motion. Generally speaking, the parties are entitled to send each other discovery requests and the party from whom information is sought must respond to those requests within 30 days. See Scheduling Order 33 . As to Plaintiff's request for a lawyer, 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 did not provide any information in his present motion regarding his attempts to find counsel on his own. In previous motions, Plaintiff included a letter that indicated an attorney was willing to discuss the case further. See [36-1 at 5]. Plaintiff provides no further information regarding whether he met with this lawyer. As to the second prong, Plaintiff has personal knowledge of the facts, he has been able to adequately communicate them to the Court, and he appears to have been able to obtain relevant documents via the discovery process. Although Plaintiff indicates that he has received over 400 pages of discovery documents, Plaintiff has not provided any other information regarding why, as he claims, this case has become overly complex. Plaintiffs motions 48 49 51 are granted insofar as they seek a status, and denied with leave to renew regarding his requests for counsel. Plaintiff is also advised that any future correspondence in which he requests the Court to take action must be labeled as a motion.(KB, ilcd) (Entered: 12/14/2018)" @default.
- ilcd;;1:17-cv-01444_de64 AdministrativeID "None" @default.
- ilcd;;1:17-cv-01444_de64 hasJudgeReference SJ001510 @default.
- ilcd;;1:17-cv-01444_de64 hasReferenceToOtherEntry ilcd;;1:17-cv-01444_de39 @default.
- ilcd;;1:17-cv-01444_de64 hasReferenceToOtherEntry ilcd;;1:17-cv-01444_de60 @default.
- ilcd;;1:17-cv-01444_de64 hasReferenceToOtherEntry ilcd;;1:17-cv-01444_de61 @default.
- ilcd;;1:17-cv-01444_de64 hasReferenceToOtherEntry ilcd;;1:17-cv-01444_de63 @default.