Carter v. Cook County Department of Corrections et al

Filing 36

MEMORANDUM Order. Signed by the Honorable Milton I. Shadur on 11/21/2016:Mailed notice(clw, )

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

CORRIE TRAVAIL CARTER,
Plaintiff,
v.
COOK COUNTY DEPARTMENT
OF CORRECTIONS, et al.,
Defendants.

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Case No: 16 C 4417

MEMORANDUM ORDER
Until now Cook County Department of Corrections ("County Jail") inmate Corrie Carter
("Carter") has been acting pro se in this 42 Section 1983 ("Section 1983") action. Now,
however, Carter has used the Clerk's-Office-supplied form of Motion for Attorney
Representation ("Motion") to call for professional assistance to aid in pursuing his claim.1
Because Carter's current filings comply with our Court of Appeals' requirement that
persons who seek such representation by this District Court's trial bar members must make a
showing of their efforts to obtain representation on their own, Carter's Motion is (or more
accurately, his Motions are) granted, and this Court has obtained the name of the following
member of the trial bar to represent Carter:

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As if to demonstrate that he really means it, Carter has filed not one but two Motions
(Dkt. Nos. 32 and 33), while the Clerk's Office has inexplicably filed one of those two
documents twice (Dkt. Nos. 33 and 34 are identical).

Robert Michael Knabe, Esq.
20 South Clark Street
Suite 2301
Chicago, Illinois 60603
Phone: [phone]
E-Mail: [e-mail]

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Attorney Knabe is advised that the next status hearing date and time in this action is January 4,
2017 at 9:15 a.m., that he is expected to be present at that hearing and that in advance of that
hearing he is expected to communicate with Carter and bring himself reasonably up to speed in
connection with this lawsuit.

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Milton I. Shadur
Senior United States District Judge
Date: November 21, 2016

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