Laramore v. Washington County Jail

Filing 51

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER - IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that Plaintiff's Motion to Appoint Counsel 49 is DENIED without prejudice. IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that Plaintiff's request for trial setting 50 is DENIED.. Signed by District Judge John A. Ross on 6/12/18. (KKS)

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
EASTERN DISTRICT OF MISSOURI
EASTERN DIVISION

DENNIS LARAMORE,
Plaintiff,
vs.
SHANNON THOMPSON, et al.,
Defendants.

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Case No. 4:17-CV-1618 JAR

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
This matter is before the Court on Plaintiff’s Motion for Appointment of Counsel (Doc.
No. 49) and request for a trial setting (Doc. No. 50).
A review of the file indicates that Plaintiff first requested appointment of counsel on
October 13, 2017. (Doc. No. 25) His request was considered in light of relevant factors, see
Johnson v. Williams, 788 F.2d 1319, 1322-23 (8th Cir. 1986) and Nelson v. Redfield Lithograph
Printing, 728 F.2d 1003, 1004 (8th Cir. 1984), and denied without prejudice on October 17,
2017. (Doc. No. 26) On April 11, 2018, Plaintiff again requested appointment of counsel. (Doc.
No. 42) The Court denied Plaintiff’s request, noting that this case is neither factually nor legally
complex and that Plaintiff has demonstrated he can adequately present his claims to the Court.
(Doc. No. 48) Upon consideration, the Court will deny Plaintiff’s latest request for appointment
of counsel. The Court finds nothing in the record to cause it to reconsider its previous orders
denying Plaintiff’s motions for appointment of counsel.
Plaintiff also requests the Court set this case for trial since Defendants did not file a
motion for summary judgment by April 5, 2018, pursuant to the current Case Management

Order. 1 Plaintiff’s request for a trial setting will be denied. On February 23, 2018, this Court
extended the dispositive motion deadline to July 26, 2018. 2 (Doc. No. 37) This deadline applies
to Plaintiff as well as to Defendants. The Court will set this case for trial once it has ruled on any
motions for summary judgment.
Accordingly,
IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that Plaintiff’s Motion to Appoint Counsel [49] is
DENIED without prejudice.
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that Plaintiff’s request for trial setting [50] is DENIED.

Dated this 12th day of June, 2018.

JOHN A. ROSS
UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

1

In fact, the Case Management Order issued on September 25, 2017, set March 5, 2018 as the deadline
for filing dispositive motions and April 5, 2018 as the deadline for filing a response. (Doc. No. 21)
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The original order was modified on June 11, 2018 to correct the dispositive motion deadline and the
parties were notified.