Brzowski v. Illinois Department of Corrections et al

Filing 19

MEMORANDUM Order issued in response to petitioner's inquiry seeking current status information. Signed by the Honorable Milton I. Shadur on 1/18/2017:Mailed notice(clw, )

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

WALTER J. BRZOWSKI, M29120,
Petitioner,
v.
ILLINOIS DEPARTMENT OF
CORRECTIONS WARDEN
MICHAEL MELVIN,
Respondent.

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Case No. 16 C 9961

MEMORANDUM ORDER
This Court's daily review of ECF filings has disclosed a puzzling hand-printed pro se
document prepared by habeas petitioner Walter Brzowski ("Brzowski") and captioned
"Petitioner's Inquiry Seeking Current Status Information." That filing arrived fully two weeks
after this Court's issuance of its December 28, 2016 memorandum order (the "Order") (1) that
explained the earlier existence "of a breakdown in this District Court 's computerized
recordkeeping system," a breakdown that had caused the erroneous dismissal of Brzowski's
self-prepared Petition for a Writ of Habeas Corpus, and (2) that concluded with this paragraph:
Under the circumstances this Court vacates its December 23 memorandum order
dismissing Brzowski's Petition and this action pending further input from defense
counsel. This Court orders defense counsel to file a response to Brzowski's most
recent filings (Dkt. Nos. 11 through 14) on or before January 20, 2017, after
which this Court can determine the appropriate course of action to follow.
But because it appears that Brzowski must not have received a copy of the Order, a copy
is being transmitted to him together with a copy of this memorandum order. As the Order stated,

this Court contemplates taking appropriate further action after it receives defense counsel's
response.

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Milton I. Shadur
Senior United States District Judge
Date: January 18, 2017

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