Akinlemibola v. Chicago Kent College of Law et al

Filing 25

MEMORANDUM Order: Pro se plaintiff Grace Akinlemibola ("Akinlemibola") has just filed an ill-considered"Motion for Substitution of Judge" ("Motion") seeking to have her case transferred to one of this Court's collea gues whom she specifically designates as someone whom she would prefer to have "preside over this case for this lawsuit's life in this Court."1 Akinlemibola is obviously (and perhaps understandably) unaware that the practice in the state court system, embodied in her citation to Illinois statutes, has no counterpart in the federal court system. Accordingly her Motion is denied out of hand. Signed by the Honorable Milton I. Shadur on 3/10/2017:Mailed notice(clw, )

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

GRACE AKINLEMIBOLA,
Plaintiff,
v.
CHICAGO-KENT COLLEGE OF LAW,
and CAROLYN SHAPIRO,
Defendants.

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USCA Case No. 17-1156
(Dist. Ct. Case No. 17 C 290)

MEMORANDUM ORDER
Pro se plaintiff Grace Akinlemibola ("Akinlemibola") has just filed an ill-considered
"Motion for Substitution of Judge" ("Motion") seeking to have her case transferred to one of this
Court's colleagues whom she specifically designates as someone whom she would prefer to have
"preside over this case for this lawsuit's life in this Court." 1 Akinlemibola is obviously (and
perhaps understandably) unaware that the practice in the state court system, embodied in her
citation to Illinois statutes, has no counterpart in the federal court system. Accordingly her
Motion is denied out of hand.

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Milton I. Shadur
Senior United States District Judge
Date: March 10, 2017

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Such a blatant effort at forum shopping (at least in federal terms) is not entirely
surprising, emanating as it does from a litigant who has sought both before this Court and before
the Court of Appeals to qualify herself for in forma pauperis status despite her acknowledged
wealth and her high-paying employment (see this Court's memorandum order issued on
January 27, 2017 [Dkt. No. 16]).