Hart v. Jefferson County Justice Center et al

Filing 36

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER, denied as moot 14 MOTION for Preliminary Injunction filed by Joshua James Hart. Signed by Judge J. Phil Gilbert on 1/17/2018. (jdh)

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS
JOSHUA JAMES HART,

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Plaintiff,
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v.
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JAMES MOUNT, LT. HAYNES, BONNIE )
MAE, TRAVIS ALLEN, and JEFFERSON )
COUNTY,
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Defendants.
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Case No. 3:17-cv-602-JPG-DGW

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
Now pending before the Court is the Motion for Preliminary Injunction filed by Plaintiff,
Joshua James Hart, on August 24, 2017 (Doc. 14). The Motion is DENIED AS MOOT.
This motion was contained in Plaintiff’s pro se amended complaint: in his prayer for relief
he sought injunctive relief related to his incarceration at the Jefferson County Justice Center,
where Defendants are employed (Doc. 12).

At a recent status conference conducted by

Magistrate Judge Wilkerson (Doc. 35), Plaintiff, who is now represented by counsel, stated that
the motion for injunctive relief is moot because he has been transferred to the Chester Mental
Health Center. A preliminary injunction is an extraordinary remedy for which there must be a
clear showing. See Turnell v. Centimark Corp., 796 F.3d 656, 661 (7th Cir. 2015). Plaintiff’s
transfer to a different institution moots his claims for injunctive relief as to Defendants and his
previous place of incarceration. See Young v. Lane, 922 F.2d 370, 373-374 and n.8 (7th Cir.
1991) (plaintiff’s request for injunctive relief regarding an exercise of religion claim mooted by
transfer to another prison); see also Maddox v. Love, 655 F.3d 709, 716 (7th Cir. 2011). Should
Plaintiff be re-transferred to the Jefferson County Justice Center, he may refile his motion
consistent with Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 65. Id.
IT IS SO ORDERED.
DATED: January 17, 2018
s/ J. Phil Gilbert
J. PHIL GILBERT
DISTRICT JUDGE