Pittman v. County of Madison, State of Illinois et al

Filing 145

ORDER GRANTING 138 MOTION to Appoint Guardian by State Court ad Litem To allow after Probate Approves filed by Reginald Pittman, GRANTING 139 MOTION to Amend/Correct 123 Amended Complaint by interlineation filed by Reginald Pittman, and in re 144 Order. Signed by Magistrate Judge Donald G. Wilkerson on 11/12/14. (sgp)

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS
REGINALD PITTMAN, by and through his)
guardian and next friend, Robin M. Hamilton, )
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Plaintiff,
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v.
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COUNTY OF MADISON, STATE OF)
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ILLINOIS
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Defendant.

Case No. 3:08-cv-890-SMY-DGW

ORDER
WILKERSON, Magistrate Judge:
Now pending before the Court is the Motion to Appoint Guardian by State Court (Doc.
138) and the Motion to Amend Complaint by interlineation (Doc. 139) filed by Plaintiff, Reginald
Pittman, on October 1, 2014. No objections having been filed, the Motions are GRANTED.
Plaintiff seeks to acquire leave of the probate court for Madison County, Illinois to approve
an additional guardian for Plaintiff, who is an incompetent person pursuant to Federal Rule of
Civil Procedure 17. Plaintiff will then, presumably, add the proposed guardian, First Financial
Bank, NA, of Terre Haute, Indiana, as a co-guardian in this matter. Plaintiff also seeks leave to
file an amended complaint that would reflect a new prayer for damages. Plaintiff shall file his
amended complaint by November 17, 2014.
On October 30, 2014, this Court held a discovery dispute conference where Plaintiff was
granted leave to propound one interrogatory, with respect to policies and procedures that were
modified in reaction to suicides or risks of suicide, in order to rebut testimony that Defendants
were not aware of such risks at the jail. Plaintiff has submitted the special interrogatory, to wit:

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1.

Please state what, if any, policies, procedures and or practices that any of
you instituted in the five years preceding the occurrence which is the
subject of suit relating to suicide prevention or in response to any suicide
attempts and/or successful suicides that may have occurred at the Madison
County Jail. Please be specific as to each such policy, procedure or
practice change, and/or as to each response made by the Madison County
Jail in response to suicide attempts and/or successful suicides. Please
include the following in your response:
a.

If the changes were expressed in writing, please produce a copy of
such writing.

b.

If the changes were not in writing, please state fully any practice or
method changes that were instituted and specifically state the
method and manner used to communicate such change(s) to
Madison County Jail personnel;

c.

If the change(s) were expressed by amendment to an existing policy
or procedure or other writing, please produce a copy of such policy,
procedure or other writing as it existed both before and after the
change/amendment.

d.

If the change was expressed by way of a bulletin or general
communication, please produce a copy of same.

e.

Please identify the date of any such change, and if it was in response
to an incident, please describe the incident fully.

The special interrogatory is hereby APPROVED. Plaintiff shall serve the request by November
14, 2014. Defendant shall have 15 days from service to respond.
IT IS SO ORDERED.
DATED: November 12, 2014

DONALD G. WILKERSON
United States Magistrate Judge

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