Order Form (01/2005)

United States District Court, Northern District of Illinois

Name of Assigned Judge

or Magistrate Judge Amy J. St. Eve Sitting Judge if Otherthan Assigned Judge

CASE NUMBER 12 C 2105 DATE 4/27/2012

CASE

TITLE

James Hampton (B-77098) vs. Dr. A. Hart, et al.

DOCKET ENTRY TEXT:

Plaintiff’s motion for leave to file in forma pauperis [#3] is granted. The trust officials at Plaintiff’s place of confinement

shall collect monthly payments from Plaintiff’s account as described below. The Clerk shall send a copy of this order to

the resident trust office at Stateville Correctional Center to facilitate compliance. The Clerk shall issue summonses to

Defendants Hart, Defuniak, Yodelis, Miller, and Lewis, and the U.S. Marshal is directed to serve them. The Clerk is

further directed to send Plaintiff a Magistrate Judge Consent Form, Instructions for Submitting Documents, and a copy of

this order. 

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

STATEMENT

Plaintiff, a state prisoner, has brought this pro se civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Plaintiff

claims that Defendants, all employed at the Cook County Jail during the time in question, were deliberately

indifferent to his serious medical condition. More specifically, Plaintiff alleges that he suffered from an injury

to his Achilles tendon that required surgery. He further alleges that he was prescribed physical therapy after the

surgery, but was denied the ability to participate in physical therapy. He alleges that he notified Defendants Hart, 

Defuniak, Yodelis, Miller, and Lewis, and they did nothing to assist him in receiving the prescribed therapy. He

makes no claim against Defendant Hart and seems to be suing him in his supervisory capacity

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 $26.06. The supervisor of inmate trust accounts at Plaintiff’s

place of confinement 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 Stateville Correctional Center 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. 

Under 28 U.S.C. § 1915A, the Court is required to conduct a prompt threshold review of the complaint. 

Here, accepting Plaintiff’s allegations as true, the Court finds that Plaintiff has articulated a colorable

(CONTINUED)

AWL

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STATEMENT (continued)

federal cause of action against all Defendants for deliberate indifference to a serious medical condition. Davis v.

Carter, 453 F.3d 686, 696 (7th Cir. 2006).

 The Clerk shall issue summonses to Defendants Hart, Defuniak, Yodelis, Miller, and Lewis, (hereinafter,

“Defendants”) forthwith and send Plaintiff a Magistrate Judge Consent Form and Instructions for Submitting

Documents along with a copy of this order.

The United States Marshals Service is appointed to serve Defendants. Any service forms necessary for

Plaintiff to complete will be sent by the Marshal as appropriate to serve Defendants with process. The U.S.

Marshal is directed to make all reasonable efforts to serve Defendants. If any Defendants can no longer can be

found at the work address provided by Plaintiff, the Illinois Department of Corrections shall furnish the Marshal

with that Defendant’s last-known address. The information shall be used only for purposes of effectuating service

[or for proof of service, should a dispute arise] and any documentation of the address shall be retained only by the

Marshal. Address information shall not be maintained in the Court file, nor disclosed by the Marshal. The Marshal

is authorized to mail a request for waiver of service to Defendants in the manner prescribed by Fed. R. Civ. P.

4(d)(2) before attempting personal service. 

Plaintiff is instructed to file all future papers concerning this action with the Clerk of Court in care of the

Prisoner Correspondent. Plaintiff must provide the original plus a judge’s copy of every document filed. In

addition, Plaintiff must send an exact copy of any Court filing to Defendants [or to defense counsel, once an

attorney has entered an appearance on his behalf]. Every document filed must include a certificate of service

stating to whom exact copies were mailed and the date of mailing. Any paper that is sent directly to the judge or

that otherwise fails to comply with these instructions may be disregarded by the Court or returned to Plaintiff. 

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