Williams v. Baker et al

Filing 49

ORDER: The Court hereby ADOPTS Magistrate Judge Wilkerson's Report (Doc. 47 ) in its entirety, STAYS this case pending payment of the $110.20 initial filing fee, and WARNS Plaintiff that failure to pay the $110.20 by June 9, 2014 will result in dismissal of this case for failure to prosecute, under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 41(b). Signed by Judge Michael J. Reagan on 04/18/2014. (dkd )

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS
ROBERT WILLIAMS,
Plaintiff,
vs.
C/O BAKER,
Defendant.

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Case No. 12-cv-0892-MJR-DGW

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
REAGAN, District Judge:
In August 2012, Robert Williams (incarcerated in Menard Correctional Center, within this
Judicial District) filed this civil rights action under 42 U.S.C. 1983. An Order on threshold review
under 28 U.S.C. 1915A by District Judge G. Patrick Murphy found that Williams’s complaint
articulated a colorable federal claim for violation of the Eighth Amendment’s protection against
cruel and unusual punishment. The case progressed, a scheduling order was entered by Magistrate
Judge Donald G. Wilkerson, motions were filed and resolved. In December 2013, the case was
reassigned to the undersigned District Judge, after Judge Murphy retired. The undersigned set a firm
trial date (see Doc. 43).
On January 23, 2014, Magistrate Judge Wilkerson submitted to the undersigned District
Judge a Report (Doc. 47) recommending that the undersigned stay this case pending payment by
Plaintiff of the $110.20 initial filing fee which Judge Murphy ordered him to pay in the October
2012 threshold review order.

The Report further recommended that the Court order Plaintiff to

pay the $110.20 within 60 days or his case would be dismissed. Plaintiff was given 14 days after
service of the Report to file any objection. That deadline elapsed over two months ago, and Plaintiff
filed no objection to the Report whatsoever. (Nor has he paid the $110.20 as instructed in October
2012.)
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Pursuant to U.S.C. 636(b), the undersigned Judge need not conduct de novo review of the
Report and Recommendations. 28 U.S.C. 636(b)(1)(C) (“A judge of the court shall make a de
novo determination of those portions of the report or specified proposed findings or
recommendations to which objection is made.”). See also Thomas v. Arn, 474 U.S. 140
(1985); Johnson v. Zema Systems Corp., 170 F.3d 734, 741 (7th Cir. 1999); Video Views Inc., v.

Studio 21, Ltd., 797 F.2d 538 (7th Cir. 1986).
The Court hereby ADOPTS Magistrate Judge Wilkerson’s Report (Doc. 47) in its entirety,
STAYS this case pending payment of the $110.20 initial filing fee, and WARNS Plaintiff that failure
to pay the $110.20 by June 9, 2014 will result in dismissal of this case for failure to prosecute, under
Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 41(b).
IT IS SO ORDERED.
DATED April 18, 2014.
s/Michael J. Reagan
Michael J. Reagan
United States District Judge

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