Opinion
Case No: 16 C 4417
11-21-2016
CORRIE TRAVAIL CARTER, Plaintiff, v. COOK COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS, et al., Defendants.
MEMORANDUM ORDER
Until now Cook County Department of Corrections ("County Jail") inmate Corrie Carter ("Carter") has been acting pro se in this 42 Section 1983 ("Section 1983") action. Now, however, Carter has used the Clerk's-Office-supplied form of Motion for Attorney Representation ("Motion") to call for professional assistance to aid in pursuing his claim.
As if to demonstrate that he really means it, Carter has filed not one but two Motions (Dkt. Nos. 32 and 33), while the Clerk's Office has inexplicably filed one of those two documents twice (Dkt. Nos. 33 and 34 are identical). --------
Because Carter's current filings comply with our Court of Appeals' requirement that persons who seek such representation by this District Court's trial bar members must make a showing of their efforts to obtain representation on their own, Carter's Motion is (or more accurately, his Motions are) granted, and this Court has obtained the name of the following member of the trial bar to represent Carter:
Robert Michael Knabe, Esq.Attorney Knabe is advised that the next status hearing date and time in this action is January 4, 2017 at 9:15 a.m., that he is expected to be present at that hearing and that in advance of that hearing he is expected to communicate with Carter and bring himself reasonably up to speed in connection with this lawsuit.
20 South Clark Street
Suite 2301
Chicago, Illinois 60603
Phone: (312) 977-9119
E-Mail: rknabe@kkbchicago.com
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Milton I. Shadur
Senior United States District Judge Date: November 21, 2016