Myers v. City of Chicago Dept of Housing

Filing 7

MEMORANDUM Order: Plaintiff did not appear for the status hearing on 8/26/2016. This Court will give Myers one more chance. It sets 8:45 a.m. September 6, 2016 as the next date for Myers to appear in court and to submit a proposed Amended Complaint, failing which this action will be dismissed for want of prosecution. Signed by the Honorable Milton I. Shadur on 8/26/2016:Mailed notice(clw, )

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS
EASTERN DIVISION
BEN MYERS,
AFFORDABLE HOME DEV., LLC,
Plaintiffs,
v.
CITY OF CHICAGO, DEPT. OF HOUSING,
Defendant.

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Case No. 16 C 5734

MEMORANDUM ORDER
Ben Myers ("Myers"), acting pro se (although he identifies himself as a lawyer), filed an
unacceptable Complaint against the City of Chicago, Dept. of Housing ("City") on June 1 of this
year, and he also failed to comply with LR 5.2(f)'s requirement that he provide a paper copy of
his filing to this Court. It therefore learned of the existence of Myers' lawsuit only in early July,
when it received its usual month-end printout of all cases pending on its calendar as of the end of
June. It promptly ordered Myers to deliver the Judge's Copy of the Complaint (as well as the
payment of a fine for noncompliance with LR 5.2(f)), and that delivery led to the swift issuance
of an appropriate July 8, 2016 memorandum opinion and order (the "Opinion").
As the Opinion reflected, this Court issued an accompanying initial scheduling order at
the same time that it (1) struck the unsatisfactory initial Complaint and (2) "urged [Myers] to
consult with (or perhaps to affiliate with) some informed federal practitioner who can assist him
in putting together a reasonably acceptable Amended Complaint." But since then silence has
descended -- Myers has filed nothing at all, nor did he appear at the scheduled status hearing
9 a.m. this morning, and an effort by this Court's courtroom deputy to reach him by his listed
telephone number was totally unproductive.

This Court will give Myers one more chance. It sets 8:45 a.m. September 6, 2016 as the
next date for Myers to appear in court and to submit a proposed Amended Complaint, failing
which this action will be dismissed for want of prosecution.

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Milton I. Shadur
Senior United States District Judge
Date: August 26, 2016

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