Williams, Roosevelt v. Anderson, Trish et al

Filing 18

ORDER denying plaintiff Roosevelt M. Williams's 17 motion regarding the denial of legal loans. Signed by District Judge James D. Peterson on 10/29/2018. (jef),(ps)

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

ROOSEVELT M. WILLIAMS,
Plaintiff,
v.

ORDER

TRISH ANDERSON, SHANE ZAHRTE,
and LUCAS WOGERNESE,

17-cv-304-jdp

Defendants.
Plaintiff Roosevelt M. Williams, appearing pro se, is an inmate at Waupun Correctional
Institution. Williams brings this lawsuit alleging that defendant prison officials canceled a
prescription for ice used to treat his gout. Williams has filed a motion regarding legal-loan
funds, stating that prison officials incorrectly interpreted state law in denying him a loan. Dkt.
17.
Generally, this court does not interfere with the Department of Corrections’
administration of legal loans. See Gruenberg v. Tetzlaff, No. 13-cv-95-wmc, 2014 WL 3735875,
at *5 (W.D. Wis. July 29, 2014). In other circumstances I might ask the state to explain how
it is ensuring that Williams has adequate legal materials so that he has access to the court. But
that does not appear to be a problem for Williams: he has filed several lawsuits over the past
few years, along with various motions and other submissions in most of them. In his current
motion he does not explain how he has been blocked from litigating this lawsuit. So I will deny
his motion. He is free to renew his motion but he will have to explain what specific tasks that
he cannot accomplish as a result of the legal loan denial.

ORDER
IT IS ORDERED that plaintiff Roosevelt M. Williams’s motion regarding the denial of
legal loans, Dkt. 17, is DENIED.
Entered October 29, 2018.
BY THE COURT:
/s/
________________________________________
JAMES D. PETERSON
District Judge

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