Gonzalez v. Atchison et al

Filing 44

MEMORANDUM Order, Signed by the Honorable Milton I. Shadur on 8/13/2013. (ea, )

Gonzalez v. Atchison et al

Doc. 44

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS
EASTERN DIVISION
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
ex rel. GILBERTO GONZALEZ
#K69916,
Petitioner,
v.
RICK HARRINGTON, Warden,
Respondent.

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No. 13 C 314
(USCA No. 13-2415)

MEMORANDUM ORDER
Because pro se filings by prisoners are often limited to an
original of the document, with no chambers copy provided for the
judge assigned to the case, and because the Clerk’s Office no
longer follows its long-standing practice of preparing and
delivering a Judge’s copy of such filings to chambers, the judge
assigned to the case is often simply unaware of the filing.

That

is particularly so where a pro se plaintiff does not notice up a
motion for presentment as court rules require.
That is the situation here, where it took a printout of all
motions listed as “pending” in cases assigned to this Court’s
calendar to turn up a late June filing by Gilberto Gonzalez
(“Gonzalez”) that he captioned “Motion for Docket Sheet and
Documents for Record on Appeal.”

This Court hastens to order the

Clerk’s Office to prepare and transmit to Gonzalez a copy of the

Dockets.Justia.com

docket sheet for the case.1

As for the balance of Gonzalez’

requests, the designation of which documents are to be
transmitted to the Court of Appeals as the record on appeal must
be made by Gonzalez himself.

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Milton I. Shadur
Senior United States District Judge
Date:

August 13, 2013

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Gonzalez lists this as his address:
Gilberto Gonzalez
Reg. No. K69916
Menard Correctional Center
P.O. Box 1000
Menard IL 62259
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