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 4558 DATE 6/15/2012

CASE

TITLE

Hundley Ford (#B-16831) v. Nancy Pounovich, et al.

DOCKET ENTRY TEXT:

Plaintiff’s motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis [#3] is granted. The Court authorizes and orders the trust fund

officer at Plaintiff’s place of incarceration to deduct $5.55 from Plaintiff’s account for payment to the Clerk of Court as

an initial filing fee, and to continue making monthly deductions in accordance with this order. The Clerk is directed to

forward a copy of this order to the Inmate Trust Office at Stateville Correctional Center. However, summonses shall not

issue at this time. The Court grants Plaintiff’s motion for appointment of counsel and appoints Terrence Joseph Truax, 

Jenner & Block LLP, 353 North Clark Street, Chicago, IL 60654, 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 for a period of four years he has been suffering from

an injury to his back that has caused him pain and suffering. Additionally, Plaintiff alleges that almost three

years after first complaining of pain, he was diagnosed as having four bulging discs in his spine. Plaintiff alleges

that he contacted the Defendants: Nancy Pounovich, Warden Marcus Hardy, Dr. Partha Ghosh, Dr. Imot Carter,

Physicians Assistant Latonya Williams, Correctional Medical Technician Joseph Sheehy, Nurse Delores Trevino,

and Anna McBee, and informed them of his medical condition and the inability to procure adequate treatment,

but continues to suffer ongoing inadequate treatment.

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 $5.55. The office of inmate accounts at Stateville

Correctional Center 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)

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 federal cause

of action with respect to deliberate indifference to a serious medical condition. Hayes v. Snyder, 546 F.3d 516, 522

(7th Cir. 2008), citing Gutierrez v. Peters, 111 F.3d 1364, 1373 (7th Cir. 1997). 

Due to the nature of Plaintiff’s allegations, the Court hereby appoints Terrence Joseph Truax, Jenner &

Block LLP, 353 North Clark Street, Chicago, IL 60654 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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