‘Order Form (01/2005)

“United States District Court, Northern District of Illinois RN
Name of Assigned Judge John W. Darrah Sitting Judge if Other at \
or Magistrate Judge than Assigned Judge Aan at
CASE NUMBER 12 C 5685 DATE GF 4-1 2—
CASE Jamal Sharif (#A-88447 v. Dr. Imhotep Carter, et al.
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Plaintiffs motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis [#5] is granted. The Court authorizes and orders the trust fund
officer at Plaintiff's place of incarceration to deduct $3.84 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 Plaintiffs motion for appointment of counsel [#7] and appoints Steven A. Weiss,
Schopf & Weiss LLP, One South Wacker Drive, 28th Floor, Chicago, IL 60606, 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.

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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 on October 6, 2011, he injured his ankle while playing
basketball at Stateville Correctional Center. He further alleges that he was not examined by a doctor until
October 14, 2011, for what turned out to be a fractured bone in his ankle. Although Plaintiff's ankle was splinted,
he did not receive appropriate care, and it did not heal properly. Ultimately, on January 25, 2012, Plaintiff was
told that the ankle would require surgery. To date, he has not received surgery and continues to suffer pain and
diminished use of his right foot. Plaintiff alleges that he contacted the Defendants: Warden Marcus Hardy;
Assistant Warden Edwards; Dr. Imhotep Carter; Dr. Ronald Shaefer; Health Care Unit Administrator Brown-
Reed; Physicians’ Assistant Latonya Williams; and Dr. Anthony Dubrick, all of Stateville Correctional Center,
and Kevin Halloran, CEO of Wexford Health Sources, the contract medical provider for the Illinois Department
of Corrections 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 $3.84. 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

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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 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 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). The Court finds further that
Plaintiffhas adequately pled a custom and policy of failing to provide adequate medical care to inmates at Stateville
against both administrators and the Wexford official, Defendant Halloran.

Due to the nature of Plaintiff's allegations, the Court hereby appoints Steven A. Weiss, Schopf & Weiss
LLP, One South Wacker Drive, 28th Floor, Chicago, IL 60606, to represent the plaintiff in accordance with
counsel's trial bar obligations under the District Court’s Local Rule 83.37 (N.D. IIL).

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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