Brewer et al v. Village of Flossmoor et al

Filing 7

MEMORANDUM Order. Signed by the Honorable Milton I. Shadur on 11/24/2014.(rm, )

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS
EASTERN DIVISION

TERRY BREWER and Je'TAUN BREWER,
Plaintiffs,
v.
VILLAGE OF FLOSSMOOR and
DETECTIVE KARNER,
Defendants.

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Case No. 14 C 9296

MEMORANDUM ORDER
Terry and Je'Taun Brewer (collectively "Brewers") have employed the form "Complaint
for Violation of Constitutional Rights" made available by the Clerk's Office for use by pro se
plaintiffs to sue the Village of Flossmoor ("Flossmoor") and its Detective Karner ("Karner")
under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Brewers have accompanied their Complaint with an In Forma Pauperis
Application ("Application"), again using a Clerk's-office-supplied form.
Because the Application reflects an inability on Brewers' part to pay the $400 filing fee in
this action, 1 it is granted. But because nothing in Brewers' allegations implicates the Village
itself in their claims of a deprivation of their constitutional rights (and relatedly because
Complaint ¶ 7 is left blank), this action will proceed only against individual defendant Karner
unless Brewers hereafter state some predicate for targeting the municipality as well. This Court

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It is true that Brewers have failed to follow the Application's instructions to respond to
each of the subparts of its Question 4, and they are ordered to do so promptly, failing which this
Court would be required to reconsider the granting of the Application in this memorandum order.
For that purpose a copy of the Judge's Copy of the Application is being transmitted to Brewers
together with a copy of this memorandum order, so that the Application form can be completed
appropriately and promptly returned to the Clerk's Office.

is contemporaneously (1) issuing its customary initial scheduling order and (2) sending Brewers
the form that the United States Marshals Service requires to serve process on defendant Karner.

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Milton I. Shadur
Senior United States District Judge
Date: November 24, 2014

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