Watkins v. City of Chicago et al
| Victor Watkins |
| City of Chicago and State of Illinois |
| 1:2019cv06615 |
| October 4, 2019 |
| US District Court for the Northern District of Illinois |
| Martha M Pacold |
| Prisoner: Civil Rights |
| 28 U.S.C. § 1331 |
| Plaintiff |
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MAILED Order dated 11/21/2019 to Plaintiff Victor Watkins and also to Attorney Roberto Louis Costello. (jh, )
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EMAILED Order dated 11/21/2019 to the Systems Department of the Northern District of Illinois. (jh, )
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Filing 19
ORDER: Rodney Perry's motion for leave to withdraw as court-appointed attorney #17 is granted. The motion hearing set for 11/26/2019 and the status hearing set for 1/9/2020 are stricken. The Court recruits attorney Robert Louis Costello, of Sacks, Goreczny, Maslanka & Costello, P.C.,79 West Monroe Street, Suite 912, Chicago, IL 60603, (312) 641-2424, robert.costello@sgmclegal.com, to represent Plaintiff in accordance with counsel's trial barobligations under the District Court's Local Rules 83.11(h) and 83.37. By 1/6/2020, counsel shall file an appearance. Plaintiff's counsel is directed to appear for a status hearing on 1/24/2020 at 9:30 a..m. to advise the Court whether he will proceed with plaintiff's pending complaint or will need to file an amended complaint. The Clerk of Court is directed to send a copy of this order to Plaintiff and to Attorney Robert Costello. Counsel is encouraged to visit the Court's Pro Bonoweb page at http://www.ilnd.uscourts.gov/Pages.aspx?page=ProBono (case sensitive) for various resources related to pro bono representation. The recruited attorney falls within the class of users listed in the Electronic Public Access fee schedule adopted by the Judicial Conference of the United States, therefore, the above named-attorney shall be exempt from the payment of fees for access via PACER to the electronic case files maintained in the court for the above captioned case only. The recruited attorney is directed to open a separate PACER account to only be used for this case, and fees are exempt for this case only. The assigned attorney 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 the attorney's participation int he matter. This exemption may be revoked at the discretion of the Court at any time. The attorney shall contact the PACER Service Center at 1-800-676-6856 or via the link below to create the new PACER account and to make any necessary arrangements for the waiver. A copy of this order shall be set to the PACER Service Center athttp://www.pacer.psc.uscourts.gov/register.html. A copy of this order shall also be sent to the Systems Department of the Northern District of Illinois. Signed by the Honorable Martha M. Pacold on 11/21/2019. Mailed notice (jh, ) Modified on 11/26/2019 (jh, ).
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Filing 18
NOTICE of Motion by Rodney Perry for presentment of motion to withdraw #17 before Honorable Martha M. Pacold on 11/26/2019 at 09:30 AM. (Perry, Rodney)
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Filing 17
MOTION by Plaintiff Victor Watkins to withdraw as counsel for Plaintiff (Perry, Rodney)
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MAILED a copy of Order dated 11/12/19 to Plaintiff Victor Watkins, Attorney Rodney Perry and via email to the Systems Department of the Northern District of Illinois. (smm, )
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Filing 16
ORDER: Richard P. Tauras' motion to withdraw as attorney #14 is granted. The motion hearing set for 11/14/2019 and the status hearing set for 12/19/2019 are stricken. The Court recruits attorney Rodney Perry of Riley Safer Holmes & Cancila LLP, 70 West Madison Street, Suite 2900, Chicago, IL 60602, (312) 471-8731, rperry@rshc-law.com, to represent Plaintiff in accordancewith counsel's trial bar obligations under the District Court's Local Rules 83.11(h) and 83.37. By 11/22/2019, counsel shall file an appearance. Plaintiff's counsel is directed to appear for a status hearing on 1/9/2020 at 9:45 a.m. to advise the Court whether he will proceed with plaintiff's pending complaint or will need to file an amended complaint. The Clerk of Court is directed to send a copy of this order to Plaintiff and to Attorney Rodney Perry. Counsel isencouraged to visit the Court's Pro Bono web page athttp://www.ilnd.uscourts.gov/Pages.aspx?page=ProBono (case sensitive) for various resources related to pro bono representation. The recruited attorney falls within the class of users listed in the Electronic Public Access fee schedule adopted by the Judicial Conference of the United States, therefore, the above named-attorney shall be exempt from the payment of fees for accessvia PACER to the electronic case files maintained in the court for the above captioned-case only. The recruited attorney is directed to open a separate PACER account to only be used for this case, and fees are exempt for this case only. The assigned attorney shall not be exempt from the payment of fees incurred in connection with other uses of the PACER system in this court. Thisexemption is valid immediately and for the duration of the attorney's participation in the matter. This exemption may be revoked at the discretion of the Court at any time. The attorney shall contact the PACER Service Center at 1-800-676-6856 or via the link below to create the new PACER account and to make any necessary arrangements for the waiver. A copy of this order shall be set to the PACER Service Center at http://www.pacer.psc.uscourts.gov/register.html. Acopy of this order shall also be sent to the Systems Department of the Northern District of Illinois. Signed by the Honorable Martha M. Pacold on 11/12/2019. Mailed notice (smm, )
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Filing 15
NOTICE of Motion by Richard P. Tauras for presentment of motion to withdraw from assignment pursuant to Local Rule 83.38 #14 before Honorable Martha M. Pacold on 11/14/2019 at 09:30 AM. (Tauras, Richard)
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Filing 14
MOTION to withdraw from assignment pursuant to Local Rule 83.38 for Victor Watkins. (Attachments: #1 Exhibit, #2 Exhibit, #3 Exhibit, #4 Exhibit, #5 Exhibit)(Tauras, Richard)
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Filing 13
PRO SE Appearance by Plaintiff Victor Watkins. (smm, )
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MAILED Copy of Order dated 10/22/19 to Plaintiff Victor Watkins, Attorney Richard P. Tauras and Systems Department of the Northern of Illinois. (smm, )
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Filing 12
ORDER: Larry L. Saret's motion to withdraw as counsel #10 is granted. The motion hearing set for 10/24/2019 and the status hearing set for 12/11/2019 are stricken. The Court recruits attorney Richard P. Tauras of Swanson Martin & Bell LLP, 330 N. Wabash Ave., Suite 3300, Chicago, IL 60611, (312) 321-9100, rtauras@smbtrials.com, to represent Plaintiff in accordance with counsel's trial bar obligations under the District Court's Local Rules 83.11(h) and 83.37. By 11/22/2019, counsel shall file an appearance. Plaintiff's counsel is directed to appear for a status hearing on 12/19/2019 at 9:45 a..m. to advise the Court whether he will proceed with plaintiff's pending complaint or will need to file an amended complaint. The Clerk of Court is directed to send a copy of this order to Plaintiff and to Attorney Tauras. Counsel is encouraged to visit the Court's Pro Bono web page at http://www.ilnd.uscourts.gov/Pages.aspx?page=ProBono (case sensitive) for various resources related to pro bono representation. The recruited attorney falls within the class of users listed in the Electronic Public Access fee schedule adopted by the Judicial Conference of the United States, therefore, the above named-attorney shall be exempt from the payment of fees for access via PACER to the electronic case files maintained in the court for the above captioned-case only. The recruited attorney is directed to open a separate PACER account to only be used for this case, and fees are exempt for this case only. The assigned attorney 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 theduration of the attorney's participation in the matter. This exemption may be revoked at the discretion of the Court at any time. The attorney shall contact the PACER Service Center at 1-800-676-6856 or via the link below to create the new PACER account and to make any necessary arrangements for the waiver. A copy of this order shall be set to the PACER Service Center at http://www.pacer.psc.uscourts.gov/register.html. A copy of this order shall also be sent to the Systems Department of the Northern District of Illinois. Signed by the Honorable Martha M. Pacold on 10/22/2019. Mailed notice(smm, )
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Filing 11
NOTICE of Motion by Larry L. Saret for presentment of motion to withdraw as attorney #10 before Honorable Martha M. Pacold on 10/24/2019 at 09:30 AM. (Saret, Larry)
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Filing 10
MOTION by Attorney Larry L. Saret to withdraw as attorney for Victor Watkins. (Saret, Larry)
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MAILED Copy of Order dated 10/10/19 to PACER Service Center and to the Systems Department of the Northern District of Illinois via email. (smm, )
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Filing 9
ORDER: The recruited attorney, Larry L. Saret falls within the class of users listed in the Electronic Public Access fee schedule adopted by the Judicial Conference of the United States, therefore, the above named-attorney shall be exempt from the payment of fees for access via PACER to the electronic case files maintained in the court for the above captioned-case only. The recruited attorney is directed to open a separate PACER account to only be used for this case, and fees are exempt for this case only. The assigned attorney 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 the attorney's participation in the matter. This exemption may be revoked at the discretion of the Court at any time. The attorney shall contact the PACER Service Center at 1-800-676-6856 or via the link below to create the new PACER account and to make any necessary arrangements for the waiver. A copy of this order shall be set to the PACER Service Center at http://www.pacer.psc.uscourts.gov/register.html. A copy of this order shall also be sent to the Systems Department of the Northern District of Illinois. Signed by the Honorable Martha M. Pacold on 10/10/2019. Mailed notice (smm, )
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Filing 8
ORDER: Plaintiff's application to proceed in forma pauperis #3 and motion for appointment of counsel #4 are granted. Larry L. Saret of Michael Best & Fredrich LLP, 444 W. Lake Street, Suite 3200, Chicago, IL 60606, (312) 222-0800, llsaret@michaelbest.com is recruited to represent plaintiff in accordance with counsel's trial bar obligations under Local Rule 83.37 (N.D. Ill.). Counsel shall enter an appearance in this case. Plaintiff's counsel is directed to appear for a status hearing on 12/11/2019 to advise the Court whether he will proceed with plaintiff's pending complaint or will need to file an amended complaint. Signed by the Honorable Martha M. Pacold on 10/9/2019. Mailed notice (smm, )
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Filing 5
PRO SE Appearance by Plaintiff Victor Watkins. (smm, )
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Filing 4
MOTION by Plaintiff Victor Watkins for attorney representation. (smm, )
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Filing 3
APPLICATION and Financial Affidavit by Plaintiff Victor Watkins for leave to proceed in forma pauperis. (smm, )
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Filing 2
CIVIL Cover Sheet. (smm, )
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Filing 1
RECEIVED Complaint and No copies by Victor Watkins. (smm, )
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