Opinion
No. 08 C 3015.
June 12, 2008
MEMORANDUM ORDER
On May 28, 2008 this Court issued a memorandum order that (1) dismissed the pro se Complaint and action brought by prisoner Arvie Thomas ("Thomas") and (2) confirmed that such dismissal constituted a third "strike" under 28 U.S.C. § 1915(g). Now Thomas has tendered a hand-printed "Motion for Appointed Counsel" that is totally silent on the issue that led to dismissal: his failure to have exhausted administrative remedies, which 42 U.S.C. § 1997e(a) makes a precondition to the institution of any prisoner litigation. Even apart from the question whether counsel can or should be appointed in any already-dismissed prisoner lawsuit, under the circumstances here there is no basis for entertaining Thomas' motion — it is denied.