Gage, Patrick v. Wisconsin Department Of Corrections et al

Filing 19

ORDER granting 16 Motion to Amend Complaint. Jane Doe added. The schedule is struck. Defendants may have until January 31, 2023, to provide Gage with a substantive response to that interrogatory. Signed by District Judge James D. Peterson on 1/17/2023. (rks),(ps)

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

PATRICK J. GAGE,

v.

Plaintiff,

WISCONSIN DEPARTTMENT OF CORRECTIONS,
JOAN HANNULA and JAMIE BARKER,

ORDER
21-cv-651-jdp

Defendants.
Pro se plaintiff Patrick J. Gage is proceeding on claims under the Eighth Amendment
and the Rehabilitation Act regarding the alleged failure of the Wisconsin Department of
Corrections and prison staff to accommodate his hearing impairment. Gage moves for leave to
amend his complaint to add a “Jane Doe” defendant to his Eighth Amendment claim based on
defendants’ answer to an interrogatory that an unnamed medical program associate may be
responsible for Gage not receiving a hearing aid when he should have. Dkt. 16. Defendants
don’t oppose the motion, so the motion is GRANTED, Gage’s second amended complaint,
Dkt. 17, is accepted as the operative pleading, and Gage is granted leave to proceed against
Jane Doe on a claim that Doe violated the Eighth Amendment by refusing to provide Gage
with his hearing aid.
Gage previously submitted an interrogatory to defendants to identify the name of the
medical program associate, but defendants objected on the ground that Gage didn’t have any
claims against the associate. Dkt. 16-2, ¶ 1. Defendants may have until January 31, 2023, to
provide Gage with a substantive response to that interrogatory.
In light of the new claim and defendant, the February 10, 2023 deadline for filing
dispositive motions is no longer feasible. So the schedule is STRUCK, and the clerk of court is

directed to set a new scheduling conference before Magistrate Judge Stephen Crocker sometime
after January 31 to: (1) set a deadline for Gage to amend his complaint to identify the Doe
defendant and (2) set the remainder of the schedule, including a new deadline for dispositive
motions and a trial date.
Entered January 17, 2023.
BY THE COURT:
/s/
________________________________________
JAMES D. PETERSON
District Judge

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