Policardio, Arroyo v. West, Sargent

Filing 36

ORDER granting Attorney Iana Vladimirova's 35 motion to withdraw from the case. Signed by District Judge James D. Peterson on 5/5/2017. (jef),(ps)

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

POLICARDIO R. ARROYO,
Plaintiff,
v.

OPINION & ORDER
15-cv-378-jdp

SANDRA WEST,
Defendant.

Plaintiff Policardio R. Arroyo filed this civil action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, alleging
that defendant Sandra West refused to assist him in obtaining emergency treatment for what
turned out to be internal bleeding that required hospitalization. I recruited Attorney Iana
Vladimirova of the law firm of Husch Blackwell for the limited purpose of communicating with
the court (1) Arroyo’s desire to continue with this case; and (2) his literacy and language
abilities and limitations.
Attorney Vladimirova has submitted a letter explaining that Arroyo wishes to pursue
this lawsuit, but that he will not be able to represent himself because he is not able to
communicate in English. Vladimirova also moves to withdraw from the case now that she has
accomplished the task for which she was recruited.
I will grant Attorney Vladimirova’s motion to withdraw from further representation of
Arroyo. Because Arroyo wishes to continue with the case but will not be able to represent
himself, I will attempt to recruit counsel fluent in Spanish to represent him. Because of the
large number of requests for counsel this court receives and the additional need to locate a
bilingual attorney, Arroyo should expect for the recruitment process to take at least several
weeks.

ORDER
IT IS ORDERED that that Attorney Iana Vladimirova’s motion to withdraw from the
case, Dkt. 34, is GRANTED.
Entered May 5, 2017.
BY THE COURT:
/s/
________________________________________
JAMES D. PETERSON
District Judge

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