Gilbert, Carl et al v. State of Wisconsin - Department of Health Services et al

Filing 8

ORDER on ifp request: Complaint taken under advisement for screening. Signed by Magistrate Judge Peter A. Oppeneer on 1/5/2017. (jef),(ps)

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF WISCONSIN
CARL C. GILBERT, II and
JERRED WASHINGTON,

v.

ORDER

Plaintiff,

Case No. 16-cv-729-jdp

STATE OF WISCONSIN – DEPARTMENT
OF HEALTH SERVICES, et al.,
Defendants.

On November 8, 2016, plaintiff Carl C. Gilbert, a patient in custody pursuant to

Wis. Stat. ch. 980, was directed to submit a six-month trust fund account statement. Now,
plaintiff has submitted two letters stating that he does not have the funds to obtain copies of
the trust account statement. Plaintiff submits two institution requests and a weekly account
statement to support his assertion that he doesn’t have the money to obtain a copy of his sixmonth account statement. Accordingly, it appears that plaintiff presently has no means with
which to pay the filing fee or to make an initial partial payment.

ORDER
IT IS ORDERED that,
1.

Plaintiff Carl C. Gilbert’s petition for leave to proceed without prepayment of fees is

GRANTED.
2.

No further action will be taken in this case until the court has screened the complaint

pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915 to determine whether the case must be dismissed because the
complaint is frivolous or malicious, fails to state a claim on which relief may be granted or

seeks monetary relief against a defendant who is immune from such relief.
screening process is complete, a separate order will issue.

Entered this 5th day of January, 2017.
BY THE COURT:

/s/
PETER OPPENEER
Magistrate Judge

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