ORDER PETER OPPENEER , Magistrate Judge . Petitioner Richard M. McElrath seeks a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. 2241. Petitioner has neither paid the $5 filing fee nor requested leave to proceed without prepayment of the filing fee. For this case to move forward, petitioner must pay the $5 filing fee or submit a properly supported motion for leave to proceed without prepayment of the filing fee no later than April 10, 2020. Any motion for leave to proceed without prepayment...
ORDER JAMES D. PETERSON , District Judge . Pro se plaintiff Kevin Omar Harper filed this civil action under 42 U.S.C. 1983 against prison staff at Dodge Correctional Institution, contending that defendants violated his Eighth Amendment rights by failing to provide him adequate medical treatment for his asthma and a head wound. Defendants have filed a motion under 28 U.S.C. 1406(a) to dismiss the case or transfer it to the Eastern District of Wisconsin, on the grounds that all of the...
ORDER WILLIAM E. DUFFIN , Magistrate Judge . Plaintiff Joshua Lee Vinson, Sr., is representing himself. The court allowed him to proceed on claims against the defendants based on his allegations that they used an unreasonable amount of force when they arrested him. (ECF No. 10.) On March 18, 2020, Vinson filed a motion to amend his complaint. (ECF No. 36.) He seeks to add two new claims. He alleges that the officers "initiated an unlawful stop and arrest," and he alleges that the officers...
ORDER LYNN ADELMAN , District Judge . Both parties have filed motions for summary judgment. Bingenheimer has moved for summary judgment on Cargill's claims of misappropriation of trade secrets in violation of state and federal law, breach of various duties, tortious interference with prospective economic relations, and conversion, and his own counterclaims. ECF No. 46. Cargill has moved for summary judgment on Bingenheimer's counterclaims of tortious interference of a contract and...
ORDER GRANTING MOTION FOR INDICATIVE RULING WILLIAM C. GRIESBACH , District Judge . On September 23, 2019, this court entered a Judgment affirming the Commissioner's decision denying Plaintiff's Application for Supplemental Security Income (SSI) under Title XVI of the Social Security Act. Plaintiff appealed and currently before the court is the unopposed motion by the Commissioner for an indicative ruling on a Rule 60(b)(6) motion for relief from the Judgment. Pursuant to Rule 62.1(a)(3)...
ORDER JAMES D. PETERSON , District Judge . Pro se plaintiff Kevin Omar Harper filed this civil action under 42 U.S.C. 1983 against prison staff at Dodge Correctional Institution, contending that defendants violated his Eighth Amendment rights by failing to provide him adequate medical treatment for his asthma and a head wound. Defendants have filed a motion under 28 U.S.C. 1406(a) to dismiss the case or transfer it to the Eastern District of Wisconsin, on the grounds that all of the...
JUDGMENT IN A CIVIL CASE BARBARA B. CRABB , District Judge . IT IS ORDERED AND ADJUDGED that judgment is entered in favor of defendants dismissing this case.
OPINION AND ORDER BARBARA B. CRABB , District Judge . In this civil action, pro se plaintiff C. Griffin, a former student at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, is proceeding on a claim under Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 against defendant University of Wisconsin System Board of Regents. On February 20, 2020, I denied several motions filed by plaintiff relating to defendant's efforts to conduct discovery and gave plaintiff until February 28, 2020 to either (1) sign an...
ORDER STEPHEN L. CROCKER , Magistrate Judge . As a result of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, the May 11, 2020 trial date is STRUCK. The court will reschedule the trial in consultation with the parties once it is safe for people to convene in groups. Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. 3161(h)(7), time is excluded from computation on the speedy trial clock from today until the new trial date because complying with national and state directives aimed at curbing the spread of the virus best serves the...
ORDER STEPHEN L. CROCKER , Magistrate Judge . As a result of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, the April 6, 2020 trial date is STRUCK. The court will reschedule the trial in consultation with the parties once it is safe for people to convene in groups. Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. 3161(h)(7), time is excluded from computation on the speedy trial clock from today until the new trial date because complying with national and state directives aimed at curbing the spread of the virus best serves the...
ORDER STEPHEN L. CROCKER , Magistrate Judge . As a result of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, the April 27, 2020 trial date is STRUCK. The court will reschedule the trial in consultation with the parties once it is safe for people to convene in groups. Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. 3161(h)(7), time is excluded from computation on the speedy trial clock from today until the new trial date because complying with national and state directives aimed at curbing the spread of the virus best serves...
ORDER GRANTING PLAINTIFF'S MOTION FOR LEAVE TO PROCEED WITHOUT PREPAYING THE FILING FEE (DKT. NO. 2) PAMELA PEPPER , Chief District Judge . The plaintiff has filed a complaint seeking judicial review of a final administrative decision denying his claim for disability insurance benefits under the Social Security Act. Dkt. No. 1. He also filed a motion for leave to proceed without prepaying the filing fee. Dkt. No. 2. To allow the plaintiff to proceed without paying the filing fee, the...
ORDER GRANTING PLAINTIFF'S MOTION FOR LEAVE TO PROCEED WITHOUT PREPAYING THE FILING FEE (DKT. NO. 3) PAMELA PEPPER , Chief District Judge . The plaintiff has filed a complaint seeking judicial review of a final administrative decision denying her claim for disability insurance benefits under the Social Security Act. Dkt. No. 1. She also filed a motion for leave to proceed without prepaying the filing fee. Dkt. No. 3. To allow the plaintiff to proceed without paying the filing fee, the...
ORDER LYNN ADELMAN , District Judge . Plaintiff Carl Self, a Wisconsin state prisoner who is representing himself, filed this lawsuit under 42 U.S.C. 1983. I screened the plaintiff's complaint and allowed him to proceed on claims under the Eighth Amendment. The parties have stipulated to the dismissal of Nurse Ava Gonzales. ECF No. 77. I will accept the stipulation and dismiss defendant Gonzales from this case. The remaining defendants move for summary judgment. ECF No. 61. I consider...
DECISION AND ORDER LYNN ADELMAN , District Judge . Plaintiff Tony D. Walker is a Wisconsin state prisoner who is representing himself. I screened his amended and supplemental complaints and allowed him to proceed on Eighth Amendment and state-law-negligence claims. Docket No. 15. Defendants LPN Atiahrawy, RN Block, Mark Jensen, Crystal Marchant, James Muenchow, M. Nelson, State of Wisconsin Department of Corrections (DOC), and LPN Westphal have moved for summary judgment for failure to...
ORDER REQUIRING PLAINTIFF TO FILE AMENDED MOTION FOR LEAVE TO PROCEED WITHOUT PREPAYING THE FILING FEE PAMELA PEPPER , District Judge . The plaintiff has filed a complaint seeking judicial review of a final administrative decision denying her claim for disability insurance benefits under the Social Security Act. Dkt. No. 1. She also filed a motion for leave to proceed without prepaying the filing fee. Dkt. No. 3. To allow the plaintiff to proceed without paying the filing fee, the court...
ORDER SCREENING AMENDED MOTION TO VACATE, SET ASIDE OR CORRECT SENTENCE (DKT. NO. 19); DENYING MOTION TO TAKE JUDICIAL NOTICE (DKT. NO. 2); DENYING MOTION TO EXPEDITE ISSUING A SHOW CAUSE ORDER (DKT. NO. 4); DENYING MOTION TO PRODUCE DOCUMENTS WITHOUT COST (DKT. NO. 5); DENYING MOTION FOR LEAVE TO CONDUCT DISCOVERY (DKT. NO. 6); DENYING MOTION FOR LEAVE TO COMMENCE DISCOVERY (DKT. NO. 7); DENYING MOTION FOR RULING ON UNOPPOSED MOTION TO CONDUCT DISCOVERY (DKT. NO. 12); GRANTING MOTION TO TAKE...
ORDER NANCY JOSEPH , Magistrate Judge . On January 10, 2020, plaintiff Jeremy Blank filed a motion to compel seeking "any grievances . . . ever filed against [the defendant] with the Department of Corrections and any other governmental entity, including any state or federal court in any state." (ECF No. 19 at 2.) Defendant objects to the motion explaining that Blank's request is irrelevant at this stage in the litigation because it relates to "credibility," is overly broad, and inmate...
ORDER DENYING MOTION TO RECONSIDER (DKT. NO. 60), DENYING MOTION TO VACATE (DKT. NO. 64) AND DENYING MOTION FOR DOCUMENTS WITHOUT COST (DKT. NO. 77) PAMELA PEPPER , Chief District Judge . I. Introduction In 2015 and 2016, the defendant was charged in the Eastern District of Wisconsin with participating in three separate fraud schemes. See United States of America v. Todd Dyer , Case No. 15-cr-115-JPS; United States of America v. Todd Dyer , Case No. 15-cr-137-LA; United States of...
ORDER DENYING WITHOUT PREJUDICE DEFENDANT'S MOTION FOR EARLY TERMINATION OF SUPERVISED RELEASE (DKT. NO. 991) PAMELA PEPPER , Chief District Judge . The defendant, who was released from prison on July 14, 2017, has filed a motion seeking early termination of his five-year term of supervised release. Dkt. No. 991. He reports that he had no infractions while incarcerated for eight and a half years and that he completed a "short length" drug program and the Thinking for a Change program, as...
