Watts v. Obaisi et al
Plaintiff: Ronnie Watts
Defendant: Lawrence A Zeldman, Warden Nicholson, Dr. Aguinaldo, Dr. "E", John Doe, Wexford Health Services Inc,, P/A Williams, Aftab Awan, Dr. Roz, Dr. Bautista, Dr. Saleh Obaisi and Randy Pfister
Case Number: 1:2019cv06594
Filed: October 1, 2019
Court: US District Court for the Northern District of Illinois
Presiding Judge: Edmond E Chang
Referring Judge: Gary Feinerman
Nature of Suit: Civil Rights (Prison Condition)
Cause of Action: 42 U.S.C. ยง 1983
Jury Demanded By: Plaintiff
Docket Report

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Date Filed Document Text
November 13, 2019 MAILED a copy of Order dated 11/12/19 to Plaintiff Ronnie Watts, Attorney David Thomas Beech Audley, and the Systems Department of the Northern District of Illinois and the PACER Service Center. Emailed Trust Fund Officer at Dixon - DIX, Dixon Correctional Center, 2600 North Brinton Avenue, Dixon, IL 61021 via e-mail. (smm, )
November 12, 2019 Opinion or Order Filing 6 ORDER: Plaintiff's application for leave to proceed in forma pauperis #3 is granted. The Court orders the trust fund officer at Plaintiff's place of incarceration to deduct $11.13 from Plaintiff's account for payment to the Clerk of Court as an initial partial payment of the filing fee. As discussed below, the Court also orders Plaintiff to pay (and the facility having custody of him to automatically collect and remit) to the Clerk of Court, 40% of any and all deposits to Plaintiff's account each time the account exceeds $10 until his filing fees have been paid in full. The Clerk of Court is directed to send a copy of this order to the trust fund officer at Plaintiff's current place of incarceration. The complaint #1 is dismissed without prejudice. Plaintiff's motion for attorney representation #4 is granted. The Court requests that David Thomas Beech Audley, Chapman & Cutler, 111 West Monroe Street, Suite 1600, Chicago, IL 60603, tel: (312) 845-3000, represent Plaintiff in accordance with counsel's trial bar obligations under the District Court's Local Rule 83.37 (N.D. Ill.). Recruited counsel falls within the class of users listed in the Electronic Public Access fee schedule adopted by the Judicial Conference of the United States, therefore, counsel shall be exempt from the payment of fees for access via PACER to the electronic case files maintained in this court for the above-captioned case and the previous case filed in this court by this plaintiff (15 CV 2941). Counsel is directed to open a separate PACER account for use in this case. Fees are exempt only for this case and the previously identified case filed in this court by this plaintiff; counsel shall not be exempt from the payment of fees incurred in connection with other uses of the PACER system in this court. This exemption is valid immediately and for the duration of counsel's participation in this matter. This exemption may be revoked at the discretion of the Court at any time. Counsel shall contact the PACER Service Center at 1-800-676 6856 or via the link below to create a new PACER account and to make any necessary arrangements for the waiver. The Clerk is directed to send a copy of this order to Plaintiff, attorney Audley, the Systems Department of the Northern District of Illinois, and the PACER Service Center at pacer@psc.uscourts.gov. Status hearing set for 12/2/2019 at 9:00 a.m. Recruited counsel should be prepared to advise the Court at the status hearing how long he will need to file an amended complaint, assuming he can do so under Civil Rule 11. If, after investigation, counsel believes that filing an amended complaint would be inconsistent with Rule 11, he should so inform the Court. Signed by the Honorable Gary Feinerman on 11/12/2019. Mailed notice (smm, )
October 7, 2019 Filing 5 EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE ORDER: Case reassigned to the Honorable Gary Feinerman for all further proceedings. Honorable Edmond E. Chang no longer assigned to the case. Signed by Executive Committee on 10/7/2019.(pk, )
October 1, 2019 Filing 4 MOTION by Plaintiff Ronnie Watts for attorney representation (Exhibits) (las, )
October 1, 2019 Filing 3 APPLICATION by Plaintiff Ronnie Watts for leave to proceed in forma pauperis (Exhibit) (las, )
October 1, 2019 Filing 2 PRISONER CIVIL Cover Sheet (las, )
October 1, 2019 Filing 1 RECEIVED Complaint and no copies by Ronnie Watts (Attachments: #1 exhibits, #2 exhibits, #3 exhibits, #4 exhibits, #5 exhibits, #6 (envelope postmarked 9/26/2019))(las, )

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Defendant: Lawrence A Zeldman
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Defendant: Warden Nicholson
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Defendant: Wexford Health Services Inc,
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Defendant: P/A Williams
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Defendant: Aftab Awan
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Defendant: Dr. Roz
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Defendant: Dr. Bautista
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Defendant: Dr. Saleh Obaisi
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Defendant: Randy Pfister
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Plaintiff: Ronnie Watts
Represented By: David Thomas Beech Audley
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