Order Form (01/2005)

United States District Court, Northern District of Illinois

Name of Assigned Judge

or Magistrate Judge

Ruben Castillo Sitting Judge if Other

than Assigned Judge

CASE NUMBER 12 C 3278 DATE 5/10/2012

CASE

TITLE

Kevin Reid (#2011-1029057) v. Heidi Myers, et al.

DOCKET ENTRY TEXT:

Plaintiff’s motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis [#3] is granted. The Clerk shall send a copy of this order to the

Supervisor of Inmate Trust Fund Accounts, Cook County Dept. of Corrections Administrative Office, Division V, 2700

S. California, Chicago, IL 60608. However, summonses shall not issue at this time. On its own motion, the Court appoints

Michael P. Tone, Wilson, Elser, Moskowitz, Edelman & Dicker, LLP, 55 West Monroe Street, Suite 3800, Chicago, IL

60603, to represent Plaintiff in accordance with counsel’s trial bar obligations under the District Court’s Local Rule 83.37

(N.D. Ill.). After investigation, appointed counsel should notify the Court within sixty days if he wishes to proceed with

the complaint on file or he intends to file an amended complaint. If counsel is unable to file an amended complaint, he

should so inform the Court.

O [For further details see text below.] Docketing to mail notices.

STATEMENT

Plaintiff, an inmate in state custody at Stateville Correctional Center, has brought this pro se civil rights

action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Plaintiff claims that He is being restricted from receiving a vegan diet,

required by his African Hebrew Israelite faith, at the Cook County Jail. Plaintiff also claims that although he was

approved for the vegan diet, he is being denied consistent delivery of vegan meals in retaliation for filing

grievances.

Plaintiff’s motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis is granted. Pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915(b)(1),

the plaintiff is assessed an initial partial filing fee of $4.33. The office of inmate accounts at the Cook County

Jail is authorized and ordered to collect, when funds exist, the partial filing fee from Plaintiff’s trust fund account

and pay it directly to the Clerk of Court. After payment of the initial partial filing fee, the trust fund officer at

Plaintiff’s place of confinement is directed to collect monthly payments from Plaintiff’s trust fund account in an

amount equal to 20% of the preceding month’s income credited to the account. Monthly payments collected from

Plaintiff’s trust fund account shall be forwarded to the Clerk of Court each time the amount in the account

exceeds $10 until the full $350 filing fee is paid. All payments shall be sent to the Clerk, United States District

Court, 219 S. Dearborn St., Chicago, Illinois 60604, attn: Cashier’s Desk, 20th Floor, and shall clearly identify

Plaintiff’s name and the case number assigned to this action. The Cook County inmate trust account office shall

notify transferee authorities of any outstanding balance in the event Plaintiff is transferred from the jail to another

correctional facility. 

(CONTINUED)

AWL

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STATEMENT (continued)

Preliminary review of Plaintiff’s complaint, see 28 U.S.C. § 1915A, reveals that he has stated a colorable

cause of action against Defendants under the Civil Rights Act, 42 U.S.C. § 1983 and RLUIPA, 42 U.S.C. §

2000(cc), such that they must respond to the complaint. See Koger v. Bryan, 523 F.3d 789 (7th Cir. 2008); see also

Ortiz v. Downey, 561 F.3d 664 (7th Cir. 2009).

However, due to the nature of Plaintiff’s allegations, the Court hereby appoints Michael P. Tone, Wilson,

Elser, Moskowitz, Edelman & Dicker, LLP, 55 West Monroe Street, Suite 3800, Chicago, IL 60603, to represent

the plaintiff in accordance with counsel’s trial bar obligations under the District Court’s Local Rule 83.37 (N.D.

Ill.). 

After investigation, appointed counsel should notify the Court within sixty days if he wishes to proceed with

the complaint on file or he intends to file an amended complaint. If counsel is unable to file an amended complaint,

he should so inform the Court.

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