Whitaker v. Chess et al
| Jordan Whitaker |
| Mentor, Dr. Jaime Chess and Castanedo |
| 3:2018cv50372 |
| November 27, 2018 |
| US District Court for the Northern District of Illinois |
| Iain D Johnston |
| Philip G Reinhard |
| Civil Rights (Prison Condition) |
| 42 U.S.C. ยง 1983 |
| Plaintiff |
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| Filing 10 COMPLAINT filed by Jordan Whitaker; Jury Demand. (kms) |
Filing 9
ORDER signed by the Honorable Philip G. Reinhard on 1/22/2019: The court grants plaintiff's renewed application for leave to proceed in forma pauperis #8 . The court orders the trust fund officer at plaintiff's place of incarceration to deduct $4.63 from plaintiff's account for payment to the Clerk of Court as an initial partial payment of the filing fee and to continue making monthly deductions in accordance with this order. The court directs the Clerk of Court to (1) send a copy of this order to the trust fund officer of the facility having custody of plaintiff; (2) file plaintiff's complaint #1 ; and (3) terminate defendants Dr. Chess and Nurse Mentor, as claims against those defendants have been dismissed without prejudice for the reasons stated below. Plaintiff's motion for service of process at government expense #5 is granted, but summonses shall not issue at this time. Plaintiff's motion for attorney representation #4 is granted. Alexander Terras, Husch Blackwell, LLP, 120 South Riverside Plaza, Suite 2200, Chicago IL 60606, alex.terras@huschblackwell.com, is recruited to represent plaintiff in accordance with counsel's trial bar obligations under N.D. Ill. Local Rules 83.11(h) and 83.37. Because of thesimilarity of the claims at issue, the court is recruiting Mr. Terras as counsel in this case and in Whitaker v. Chess, 18 C 50373. If counsel determines that plaintiff's claims may properly be combined in one case, counsel should so inform the court. By February 22, 2019, counsel shall file a brief status report indicating whether he plans to file an amended complaint or proceed with the complaint on file. If counsel believes that filing an amended complaint or proceeding with the complaint on file would be inconsistent with his Rule 11 obligations, he should so inform the court. The Clerk of Court is directed to send a copy of this order to plaintiff and to Mr. Terras. 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 this court for the above-captioned case and the concurrently filed case (18 C 50373) only. The recruited attorney is directed to open a separate PACER account to only be used for the above-captioned case, and fees are exempt for the above-captioned case and the previous identified cases filed in this court by this plaintiff 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 sent 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. Counsel is encouraged to visit the Pro Bono Resources for Trial Bar Attorneys now available on the court's homepage for various resources related to pro bono representation. [see STATEMENT] Mailed notice (kms)
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| MAILED certified copy of Order #9 to the trust fund officer at Dixon Correctional Center; and, copy of Order #9 to Jordan Whitaker, Attorney Alexander Terras, PACER and ILND Systems Department (via email). (kms) |
| Filing 8 APPLICATION by Plaintiff Jordan Whitaker for leave to proceed in forma pauperis. (jk, ) |
| Filing 7 LETTER from Jordan Whitaker dated 12/19/18. (Attachments: #1 Envelope postmark illegible) (jk, ) |
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Filing 6
ORDER : Plaintiff's application for leave to proceed in forma pauperis #3 is denied without prejudice. Plaintiff is directed to either (1) submit a renewed, properly completed application that is certified by a trust fund officer; or (2) pay the full statutory filing fee of $400.00. Failure to comply with this order by December 31, 2018, will result in summary dismissal of this case. The Clerk of Court is directed to send plaintiff a blank application to proceed in forma pauperis and a copy of this order. [SEE STATEMENT] Signed by the Honorable Philip G. Reinhard on 12/3/2018. Mailed notice (jp, )
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| Filing 5 MOTION by Plaintiff Jordan Whitaker For Service Of Process At Government Expense (pg, ) |
| Filing 4 MOTION by Plaintiff Jordan Whitaker for attorney representation (pg, ) |
| Filing 3 APPLICATION by Plaintiff Jordan Whitaker for leave to proceed in forma pauperis (pg, ) |
| Filing 2 PRISONER CIVIL Cover Sheet (pg, ) |
| Filing 1 RECEIVED Complaint and 0 copies by Jordan Whitaker (pg, ) |
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