Von Ryburn v. Williams et al
Filing
147
MEMORANDUM Order: For the reasons stated in this memorandum order, this case will be reassigned. Signed by the Honorable Milton I. Shadur on 9/20/2017:Mailed notice(clw, )
IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS
EASTERN DIVISION
THOMAS V. RYBURN,
Plaintiff,
v.
SALIM OBASI, et al.,
Defendants.
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Case No. 14 C 4308
MEMORANDUM ORDER
On July 18, 2017 this Court issued a brief memorandum order (Dkt. No. 144) that,
because it found the pro se submission tendered by Thomas Ryburn ("Ryburn") "difficult to
decipher, both because of the nature of Ryburn's cursive writing and because of its puzzling
content," directed Ryburn's designated counsel, Daniel Madigan, to present Ryburn's position in
an intelligible form. Nothing has been heard from attorney Madigan since then, and a review of
the case docket lists, as the only post-July-18 entries, two September 2017 submissions filed by
counsel for defendants (Dkt. Nos. 145 and 146).
Meanwhile this Court's review of the case docket and of its retained chambers file has
confirmed that the case has been dormant in terms of judicial action (and, for that matter, action
by attorney Madison) for several months, and this Court is simply not in a position to continue to
handle the case actively because of its total lack of staffing other than its invaluable judicial
assistant Mary Ann Braasch (who obviously cannot provide the necessary assistance ordinarily
supplied by law clerks). Accordingly this Court is now requesting the District Court's Executive
Committee to reassign this action to one of its colleagues under the customary computer-dictated
procedure.
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Milton I. Shadur
Senior United States District Judge
Date: September 20, 2017
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