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- ilcd;;3:16-cv-03323_de60 RegisterActionDate "2018-08-16" @default.
- ilcd;;3:16-cv-03323_de60 RegisterActionDescriptionText "TEXT ORDER entered by Judge Joe Billy McDade on 8/16/2018. Plaintiff files 41 , Motion for recruitment of pro bono counsel. As previously noted, the Court does not possess the authority to require an attorney to accept pro bono appointments on civil cases such as this and can only 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 relevant inquiry is whether plaintiff appears competent to proceed on his own. Here, Plaintiff asserts that his confinement, limited access to the law library, physical limitations and unspecified mental health condition make it difficult for him to prosecute his own case. He claims, further, that his case will require expert testimony by a neurosurgeon. Plaintiff attaches 2015 medical records from a neurosurgery clinic which substantiates that Plaintiff has lumber disc pathology for which pain management, but not surgery, was recommended. As a result, it is not clear that testimony by a neurosurgeon would be required. The Court finds that at this stage, Plaintiff appears competent to litigate the claim as to the treatment of his back pain. 41 is DENIED. Plaintiff files 42 , requesting that a HIPAA order enter so he can send subpoenas and a request to produce. Plaintiff is advised that the Court previously entered a HIPAA order on 8/31/17 18 . Furthermore, Plaintiff does not need a HIPAA order before filing a request for production of documents. 42 is DENIED.(JS, ilcd) (Entered: 08/16/2018)" @default.
- ilcd;;3:16-cv-03323_de60 AdministrativeID "None" @default.
- ilcd;;3:16-cv-03323_de60 hasReferenceToOtherEntry ilcd;;3:16-cv-03323_de24 @default.
- ilcd;;3:16-cv-03323_de60 hasReferenceToOtherEntry ilcd;;3:16-cv-03323_de55 @default.
- ilcd;;3:16-cv-03323_de60 hasReferenceToOtherEntry ilcd;;3:16-cv-03323_de57 @default.