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- ilcd;;2:16-cv-02007_de87 RegisterActionDate "2018-11-19" @default.
- ilcd;;2:16-cv-02007_de87 RegisterActionDescriptionText "TEXT ORDER entered by Judge Colin Stirling Bruce on 11/19/2018. Defendants filed a motion for summary judgment on 9/5/18, with Plaintiff's response due 9/26/18. On 11/8/18, Plaintiff filed 63 , a combined motion for recruitment of pro bono counsel and an untimely motion for an extension in which to respond to summary judgment. As to the motion for counsel, Plaintiff claims he is not well-versed in the law though he has recently earned his GED and has the help of a "well versed" "jailhouse lawyer." 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, 503 F.3d at 655. Here, Plaintiff claims deliberate indifference in the treatment of a gunshot wound to his calf. This claim is not unduly complex and concerns events of which Plaintiff has first-hand knowledge. Furthermore, as Plaintiff offers nothing to support that he is incapable of proceeding on his own, this portion of his motion is DENIED. Plaintiff also requests an additional 90 days in which to respond to summary judgment. The Court finds this excessive, particularly as Plaintiff makes the request more than 30 days past the response deadline. Plaintiff will have 60 days from the initial response date, until 11/26/18, in which to file a response. 63 is GRANTED to that extent and otherwise DENIED. (JMB, ilcd) (Entered: 11/19/2018)" @default.
- ilcd;;2:16-cv-02007_de87 AdministrativeID "None" @default.
- ilcd;;2:16-cv-02007_de87 hasReferenceToOtherEntry ilcd;;2:16-cv-02007_de85 @default.