Caldwell v. Bartow

Filing 37

ORDER signed by Judge Rudolph T. Randa on 9/29/2015. Federal Defender Services to recruit counsel for Plaintiff Iven Lee Caldwell. (cc: all counsel, via mail to Iven Caldwell at Wisconsin Resource Center, Benjamin Biese at Green Bay Correctional Institution, Federal Defender Services)(cb)

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
EASTERN DISTRICT OF WISCONSIN
IVEN LEE CALDWELL,
Petitioner,
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Case No. 15-C-293

BYRAN BARTOW,
Director, Wisconsin Resource Center,
Respondent.

DECISION AND ORDER
Pro se Petitioner Iven Lee Caldwell (“Caldwell”), who has been
assisted in this action for relief pursuant to 28 U.S.C. §2254 by another
inmate, has accepted this Court’s offer to attempt to recruit counsel to
represent him in this matter. Based on the slow progress of this case and
Caldwell’s alleged impairments, it is in the interest of justice to recruit
counsel for him and the Federal Defender’s Office is asked to attempt to
recruit counsel under 18 U.S.C. § 3006A(a)(2)(B) to represent Caldwell.
The Clerk of Court is directed to send a copy of this Decision and
Order to Federal Defender Services for the Eastern District of Wisconsin
so that it may recruit counsel to represent Caldwell. Court-appointed
counsel will contact Caldwell. At this juncture, there is November 2, 2015,
deadline for the filing of an amended § 2254 petition and exhibits.

NOW, THEREFORE, BASED ON THE FOREGOING, IT IS
HEREBY ORDERED THAT:
The Clerk of Court is directed to send a copy of this Decision and
Order to Federal Defender Services for the Eastern District of Wisconsin
so that it may recruit counsel to represent Caldwell.
The Clerk of Court is directed to send a courtesy copy of this
Decision and Order to inmate Benjamin Biese.
Dated at Milwaukee, Wisconsin, this 29th day of September, 2015.
BY THE COURT:

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HON. RUDOLPH T. RANDA
U.S. District Judge

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