Cardoso v. Rollins et al
| Stephen Cardoso |
| Mandy Vera Rollins, Christana Baston and Latoya Hughes |
| 3:2026cv01121 |
| August 26, 2026 |
| U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Illinois |
| David W Dugan |
| Prisoner: Civil Rights |
| 42 U.S.C. ยง 1983 Prisoner Civil Rights |
| Plaintiff |
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| Filing 5 The Court has received your complaint and your motion to proceed without prepayment of the filing fee. Your case number is 26-1121-DWD The following is some information you should know regarding the initial stages of your lawsuit. After your filing fee status is determined, the Court will review yourcomplaint to identify legally sufficient claims and defendants and dismissany legally insufficient claims. See (Choose one of the following statutes anddelete the parentheticals): 28 U.S.C. Sec. 1915A. The Court will conduct this review within the next 60 days and inform you of the findings in a Merit Review Order. No other action will be taken in your case during this time, absent extraordinary circumstances. Therefore,you do not need to submit any evidence, argument, motions, or otherdocuments. If you filed a motion for recruitment of counsel along with yourcomplaint, it will not be considered until the merit review is complete. Pleasenote that any motion for recruitment of counsel must include evidence of yourown efforts to find counsel, such as a list of the attorneys you contacted andcopies of letters you sent or received. See Pruitt v. Mote, 503 F.3d 647, 654-55(7th Cir. 2007). If you do not receive a Merit Review Order within the next 60days, you may file a motion requesting the status of your case. In the eventyour claim(s) survive the merit review, further information and instruction willbe provided to you at that time. In addition, several administrative matterswarrant mention. Any communication directed to the Court should be in the formof a motion or other pleading and not a letter. All mail should be sent to: Clerk's Office, U.S. District Court, 750 Missouri Avenue, East St. Louis, IL 62201. Finally, you are advised that if your address changes, you must notify the Court within fourteen days of the change by filing a Notice of Change ofAddress. Failure to do so could result in the dismissal of your case.(kdw)THIS TEXT ENTRY IS AN ORDER OF THE COURT. NO FURTHER DOCUMENTATION WILL BE MAILED. |
| Filing 4 MOTION for Service of Process at Government Expense by Stephen Cardoso. (kdw) |
| Filing 3 MOTION for Recruitment of Counsel by Stephen Cardoso. (kdw) |
| Filing 2 MOTION for Leave to Proceed in forma pauperis by Stephen Cardoso. (kdw) |
| Filing 1 COMPLAINT against Christana Baston, Latoya Hughes, Mandy Vera Rollins, filed by Stephen Cardoso.(kdw) |
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