Bryant v. Unit Staff et al

Filing 5

MEMORANDUM Order: Signed by the Honorable Milton I. Shadur on 4/25/2016. Mailed notice. (sxn, )

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS
EASTERN DIVISION
ANDREW BRYANT,
Plaintiff,
v.
UNIT STAFF, et al.,
Defendants.

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Case No: 16 C 4459

MEMORANDUM ORDER
Pro se prisoner plaintiff Andrew Bryant ("Bryant") has brought an action naming four
defendants, all of whom are affiliated with FCI Terre Haute, Indiana. Bryant himself lists FCI
Forrest City, Arkansas as the place where he is now in federal custody. Clearly he has no
business bringing this action in this District Court in Illinois, and he certainly ought to know
better.
Accordingly this Court sua sponte dismisses this action for improper venue (and it
certainly appears to be vulnerable on jurisdictional grounds as well). That however is not the
end of his difficulties, for he owes the judicial system the payment of a $400 filing fee 1 under the
teaching of such cases as Thurman v. Gramley, 97 F.3d 185, 187 (7th Cir. 1996) and Newlin v.
Helman, 123 F.3d 429,432 (7th Cir. 1997). This Court will leave it to the appropriate authorities
to enforce that obligation.

Date: April 25, 2016

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Milton I. Shadur
Senior United States District Judge

Because Bryant's initial filing did not include a 28 U.S.C. § 1915 effort to proceed in
forma pauperis, he is not eligible to pay that fee under the installment plan provided by that
statute.