UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
EASTERN DISTRICT OF WISCONSIN
JOSEPH JILES,
Plaintiff,
-vs-

Case No. 14-CV-545

MATTHEW FRANK, et al.,
Defendants.

DECISION AND ORDER
On March 30, 2015, the plaintiff filed a renewed motion for
appointment of counsel. He asserts that he has unsuccessfully attempted
to find an attorney on his own.

According to the plaintiff, his severe

mental illnesses prevent him from conducting discovery as well as filing or
responding to a dispositive motion. The plaintiff states that he is awaiting
transfer to the Wisconsin Resource Center to receive treatment for his
mental illnesses.1

In this case, he is proceeding on claims that the

defendants were deliberately indifferent to his serious medical needs
because they failed to treat his mental illnesses. His claims span almost
ten years and several institutions. Under these circumstances, the Court
concludes that he is unable to proceed on his own. Therefore, the Court
The plaintiff was transferred to the Wisconsin Resource Center after he filed
his motion.
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 will attempt to find an attorney to represent the plaintiff pro bono.
The defendants have filed a motion for extension of time to file
dispositive motions and for an order allowing additional proposed findings
of fact.

They seek a one-week extension to file their motion.

The

defendants also seek leave to file up to 350 proposed findings of fact based
on the number of defendants and the nature of the plaintiff’s clams. The
Court will grant both of these requests.
Finally, the Court notes that the plaintiff sued several John Doe
defendants. The plaintiff must identify the Doe defendants by June 10,
2015, or they will be dismissed.
NOW, THEREFORE, BASED ON THE FOREGOING, IT IS
HEREBY

ORDERED

THAT

the

plaintiff’s

renewed

appointment of counsel (ECF No. 23) is GRANTED.

motion

for

The Court will

attempt to find an attorney to represent the plaintiff pro bono.
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the defendants’ motion for
extension of time to file dispositive motion and for an order allowing
additional proposed findings of fact (ECF No. 25) is GRANTED.

The

defendants’ motion is now due by May 4, 2015.
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that plaintiff identify the John Doe
defendants by June 10, 2015, or they will be dismissed.
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 Dated at Milwaukee, Wisconsin, this 27th day of April, 2015.

BY THE COURT:

__________________________
HON. RUDOLPH T. RANDA
U.S. District Judge

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