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- ilcd;;3:16-cv-03323_de11 RegisterActionDate "2017-06-19" @default.
- ilcd;;3:16-cv-03323_de11 RegisterActionDescriptionText "TEXT ORDER entered by Judge Joe Billy McDade on 6/19/2017. Plaintiff has filed 5 , a Motion to Request 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."). "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 (emphasis in original). The Court finds that, based upon the current record, the Plaintiff appears competent to litigate the claim of deliberate indifference in the treatment of his back pain. This issue is not unduly complex and relies on information of which Plaintiff has personal knowledge. 5 is DENIED. (JS, ilcd) (Entered: 06/19/2017)" @default.
- ilcd;;3:16-cv-03323_de11 AdministrativeID "None" @default.
- ilcd;;3:16-cv-03323_de11 hasReferenceToOtherEntry ilcd;;3:16-cv-03323_de4 @default.