Brown v. Duyoung et al

Filing 102

ORDER signed by Chief Judge Pamela Pepper on 11/19/2019 DENYING without prejudice 100 plaintiff's pro se motion for recusal. (cc: all counsel, via mail to Ennis Brown at Wisconsin Secure Program Facility) (cb)

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
EASTERN DISTRICT OF WISCONSIN
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ENNIS LEE BROWN,
Plaintiff,
v.

Case No. 16-cv-1463-pp

DR. RICKY SEABUL,
Defendant.
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ORDER DENYING WITHOUT PREJUDICE PLAINTIFF’S PRO SE MOTION
FOR RECUSAL (DKT. NO. 100)
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Plaintiff Ennis Lee Brown has an attorney who has agreed to represent
him on a volunteer basis. Dkt. Nos. 92, 93. This case is scheduled for trial on
January 13, 2020, with a final pretrial conference scheduled for December 12,
2019. After the court appointed counsel for the plaintiff, the plaintiff filed a pro
se motion asking Judge Pepper to recuse herself. Dkt. No. 100. The court will
deny the plaintiff’s motion without prejudice. Because the plaintiff is
represented by counsel, the appropriate way for him to communicate with the
court is to do so through his lawyer. See Lewis v. McLean, ___ F.3d ___, 2019
WL 5558091, *3 (7th Cir. Oct. 29, 2019) (finding no error when the district
court told the represented plaintiff that his attorney must file papers on his
behalf while he was represented).
The court ORDERS that the plaintiff’s pro se motion for recusal is

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DENIED WITHOUT PREJUDICE. Dkt. No. 100.
Dated in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, this 19th day of November, 2019.
BY THE COURT:
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HON. PAMELA PEPPER
Chief United States District Judge

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