Wynn, Charles et al v. Dittmann, Michael et al

Filing 58

ORDER that plaintiff Charles Ruben Wynn's motion for an order permitting filing by mail, Dkt. 37 and Dkt. 39 , is DENIED. Signed by District Judge James D. Peterson on 8/13/2019. (rks),(ps)

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

CHARLES RUBEN WYNN,
Plaintiff,
v.

ORDER

LUCAS WORGENESE, THOMAS MAIER,
DUSTIN ROHWER, DANIEL FIELDS,
DANIEL DREGER, and DANIEL FRISCH,

18-cv-333-jdp

Defendants.
Pro se plaintiff Charles Ruben Wynn, an inmate at Columbia Correctional Institution
(CCI), has asked me to issue an order allowing him to file all future submissions in this case by
U.S. mail. Dkt. 37 and Dkt. 39. Wynn is currently housed in CCI’s restrictive housing unit,
where the only writing utensil available to him is a rubber pencil. He says that if he tries to efile any documents written in rubber pencil, “the words on the documents wouldn’t be dark
enough to be scanned and processed through the e-filing system.” Id. at 1.
I will deny Wynn’s motion. Inmates in restrictive housing routinely e-file pencil-written
documents with this court without issue. Prison library staff are often able to darken the
scanned text to make it legible. Wynn should continue to submit his filings to CCI library staff
for e-filing, in accordance with this court’s e-filing instructions. See Dkt. 4-1. If library staff
determine that Wynn’s filings cannot be made legible, or if court staff determine that the scans
are too light to read, they may raise the possibility of submitting Wynn’s filings by mail.

ORDER
IT IS ORDERED that plaintiff Charles Ruben Wynn’s motion for an order permitting
filing by mail, Dkt. 37 and Dkt. 39, is DENIED.
Entered August 13, 2019.
BY THE COURT:
/s/
________________________________________
JAMES D. PETERSON
District Judge

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