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- ilcd;;1:17-cv-01467_de19 RegisterActionDate "2018-08-23" @default.
- ilcd;;1:17-cv-01467_de19 RegisterActionDescriptionText "TEXT ORDER entered by Judge Michael M. Mihm on 8/23/2018. Plaintiff files 17 , 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.). In determining whether the Court should attempt to find an attorney to voluntarily take a case, the question is whether 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 at 655. Here, Plaintiff asserts that he is seriously mentally ill but does not explain how that affects his ability to represent himself. Plaintiff has successfully pled deliberate indifference in his mental health treatment, a claim of which he has first-hand knowledge. Plaintiff appears able, at this stage of the proceedings, to go forward on his own. 17 is DENIED. (SAG, ilcd) (Entered: 08/23/2018)" @default.
- ilcd;;1:17-cv-01467_de19 AdministrativeID "None" @default.
- ilcd;;1:17-cv-01467_de19 hasJudgeReference SJ001506 @default.
- ilcd;;1:17-cv-01467_de19 hasReferenceToOtherEntry ilcd;;1:17-cv-01467_de18 @default.