Opinion
No. 13 C 314 USCA No. 13-2415
08-13-2013
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA ex rel. GILBERTO GONZALEZ #K69916, Petitioner, v. RICK HARRINGTON, Warden, Respondent.
MEMORANDUM ORDER
Because pro se filings by prisoners are often limited to an original of the document, with no chambers copy provided for the judge assigned to the case, and because the Clerk's Office no longer follows its long-standing practice of preparing and delivering a Judge's copy of such filings to chambers, the judge assigned to the case is often simply unaware of the filing. That is particularly so where a pro se plaintiff does not notice up a motion for presentment as court rules require.
That is the situation here, where it took a printout of all motions listed as "pending" in cases assigned to this Court's calendar to turn up a late June filing by Gilberto Gonzalez ("Gonzalez") that he captioned "Motion for Docket Sheet and Documents for Record on Appeal." This Court hastens to order the Clerk's Office to prepare and transmit to Gonzalez a copy of the docket sheet for the case. As for the balance of Gonzalez' requests, the designation of which documents are to be transmitted to the Court of Appeals as the record on appeal must be made by Gonzalez himself.
Gonzalez lists this as his address:
Gilberto Gonzalez
Reg. No. K69916
Menard Correctional Center
P.O. Box 1000
Menard IL 62259
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Milton I. Shadur
Senior United States District Judge