Filed: Jan. 17, 2012
Latest Update: Jan. 17, 2012
Summary: ORDER WILLIAM C. GRIESBACH, District Judge. On January 11, 2012, Plaintiff Mark Hochleutner filed a motion requesting relief in the form of an order requiring the Department of Corrections to grant him a "legal loan" for legal supplies, photocopies, and postage. (ECF No. 40 1-2.) The motion will be denied. A prison inmate has "no constitutional entitlement to subsidy," Lewis v. Sullivan, 279 F.3d 526 , 528 (7th Cir. 2002), to prosecute a civil suit. Like any other civil litigant, he mus
Summary: ORDER WILLIAM C. GRIESBACH, District Judge. On January 11, 2012, Plaintiff Mark Hochleutner filed a motion requesting relief in the form of an order requiring the Department of Corrections to grant him a "legal loan" for legal supplies, photocopies, and postage. (ECF No. 40 1-2.) The motion will be denied. A prison inmate has "no constitutional entitlement to subsidy," Lewis v. Sullivan, 279 F.3d 526 , 528 (7th Cir. 2002), to prosecute a civil suit. Like any other civil litigant, he must..
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ORDER
WILLIAM C. GRIESBACH, District Judge.
On January 11, 2012, Plaintiff Mark Hochleutner filed a motion requesting relief in the form of an order requiring the Department of Corrections to grant him a "legal loan" for legal supplies, photocopies, and postage. (ECF No. 40 ¶¶ 1-2.) The motion will be denied.
A prison inmate has "no constitutional entitlement to subsidy," Lewis v. Sullivan, 279 F.3d 526, 528 (7th Cir. 2002), to prosecute a civil suit. Like any other civil litigant, he must decide which of his legal actions is important enough to fund. Lucien v. DeTella, 141 F.3d 773, 774 (7th Cir. 1998). Hochleutner certainly has the right of access to the court. But just as the constitutional right to travel does not mean the government has to pay for the airline ticket, Hochleutner's right to access the courts does not mean the government has to extend him a legal loan to pursue his case. Accordingly, the motion for a legal loan, Docket 40, is DENIED.
