White v. Bartley et al

Filing 10

ORDER denying 7 Motion for directions; denying 8 Motion for Reconsideration. Signed by Judge G. Patrick Murphy on 3/16/09. (eed)

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS DONNIE D. WHITE, Plaintiff, vs. KENNETH G. BARTLEY, et al., Defendants. ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

CIVIL NO. 08-cv-623-GPM

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
MURPHY, District Judge: The Court denied Plaintiff's motion to proceed in forma pauperis in this action, finding that he had accumulated three or more strikes (see Doc. 5). Now before the Court is Plaintiff's motion challenging that decision (Doc. 8). In his motion, he argues that the Court should not count as a strike those cases in which only some of his claims were dismissed for failure to state a claim. The Seventh Circuit disagrees, however, as the Court explained in its previous order. See George v. Smith, 507 F.3d 605, 607-08 (7th Cir. 2007); Boriboune v. Berge, 391 F.3d 852, 855 (7th Cir. 2004). Accordingly, the instant motion is DENIED. Also before the Court is Plaintiff's motion for directions instanter (Doc. 7) which seeks instruction on how he should obtain his legal documents from the staff at Tamms. This case is closed, and the Court is unable to help with this problem; therefore, this motion is DENIED. IT IS SO ORDERED. DATED: 03/16/09

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