Grissom, Terrance et al v. Pollard, William

Filing 60

ORDER that plaintiff Terrance Grissom's motion for extension of time and provision of various materials, Dkt. 52 in the '808 case, is GRANTED IN PART as discussed within this order. Grissom may have until November 9, 2016, to submit an initial partial payment and amended complaint for each of his three currently open cases. Signed by District Judge James D. Peterson on 10/19/2016. (jef),(ps)

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF WISCONSIN

ROBERT KIDD,
Plaintiff,
v.

ORDER
14-cv-808-jdp

WILLIAM J. POLLARD,
Defendant.
TERRANCE GRISSOM,
Plaintiff,
v.

ORDER

MICHAEL DITTMANN, LUCAS WEBER, and
LINDSAY WALKER,

15-cv-705-jdp

Defendants.
TERRANCE GRISSOM,
Plaintiff,
v.

ORDER
16-cv-492-jdp

BARTOW,
Defendant.
TERRANCE GRISSOM,
Plaintiff,
v.

ORDER

KITTY RHOADES, ADMINISTRATION DOC,
and ATTORNEY GENERAL,
Defendants.

16-cv-511-jdp

TERRANCE GRISSOM,
Plaintiff,

ORDER

v.

16-cv-521-jdp

MR. BARTOW,
Defendant.

Plaintiff Terrance Grissom, a prisoner currently incarcerated at the Racine
Correctional Institution, has filed several lawsuits alleging that prison officials at various
correctional institutions are threatening to harm him. Grissom is a frequent litigator in this
court (he has brought over 60 cases here since 1990) who has “struck out” under 28 U.S.C.
§ 1915(g) and who independently has been barred from filing new complaints in this court
unless his allegations show that he is in imminent danger of serious physical injury. See
Grissom v. Kuluike, No. 14-cv-590-jdp (W.D. Wis. Jan. 12, 2015).
In an August 9, 2016, order, I addressed Grissom’s filings in each of the five abovecaptioned cases. In particular, I stated that Grissom’s allegations in case nos. 16-cv-492-jdp,
16-cv-511-jdp, and 16-cv-521-jdp could likely be combined into a single lawsuit, leaving him
with three open cases rather than five. I gave him a deadline to file $0.03 initial partial
payments and amended complaints in each of the three open cases.
Grissom has responded by asking for more time and for the provision of various
resources to accomplish these tasks. He asks for “entire copies” of each of his cases, four
prepaid envelopes, a copy of the court’s local rules, five complaint forms, and a list of
addresses of all of the federal courts nationwide.
I will deny some of Grissom’s requests. This court does not provide litigants with
prepaid envelopes or other mailing supplies; he should obtain postage either through the
Department of Corrections’ usual distribution of mailing supplies or by taking out a legal

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loan. I will not provide Grissom with the court’s local rules because there are only five rules,
none of which apply to his cases. The request for a list of federal court addresses is frivolous.
I will grant (at least in part) Grissom’s request for complaint forms. As stated above,
his task is to submit three amended complaints, so I will attach three complaint forms to this
order. I will not send Grissom “entire copies” of each of his five lawsuits. I will send him the
docket sheets for each of these cases, as well as another copy of my August 9 order.
I will give Grissom a new deadline to submit $0.03 initial partial payments for each of
his three cases and an amended complaint for each of those cases. This will be the final
deadline. As I have stated previously in Grissom’s cases, he has fallen into the habit of filing
complaints but then not responding to court orders or otherwise doing anything to prosecute
his lawsuits. See, e.g., Grissom v. Luduigson, No. 14-cv-758-jdp (W.D. Wis.) (case dismissed
after Grissom failed to submit initial partial payment of filing fee); Grissom v.
Vandenlangenberg, No. 14-cv-490-jdp (W.D. Wis.) (same). Grissom has at least responded to
the August 9 order, but filling out new complaint forms and making requests for the prison to
send the court his initial partial payments are relatively simple tasks.
From Grissom’s trust fund account statement, it looks like he may not have any funds
in his regular account to pay the fee, so I encourage him to seek the use of his release account
funds for this purpose. Grissom should show a copy of this order to prison officials to ensure
that they are aware that they should send his initial partial payments to this court.

ORDER
IT IS ORDERED that plaintiff Terrance Grissom’s motion for extension of time and
provision of various materials, Dkt. 52 in the ’808 case, is GRANTED IN PART as discussed

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above. Grissom may have until November 9, 2016, to submit an initial partial payment and
amended complaint for each of his three currently open cases.
Entered October 19, 2016.
BY THE COURT:
/s/
________________________________________
JAMES D. PETERSON
District Judge

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