| Date Filed | Doc # | Docket Text |
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| 2022-04-11 | 1 | RECEIVED Complaint by John Bridenhagen. (gcy, ) (Entered: 04/11/2022) |
| 2022-04-11 | 2 | CIVIL Cover Sheet. (gcy, ) (Entered: 04/11/2022) |
| 2022-04-11 | 3 | APPLICATION by Plaintiff John Bridenhagen for leave to proceed in forma pauperis and affidavit. (gcy, ) (Entered: 04/11/2022) |
| 2022-04-11 | 4 | MOTION by Plaintiff John Bridenhagen for attorney representation. (gcy, ) (Entered: 04/11/2022) |
| 2022-04-11 | 5 | PRO SE Appearance by Plaintiff John Bridenhagen. (gcy, ) (Entered: 04/11/2022) |
| 2022-04-11 | | CASE ASSIGNED to the Honorable Matthew F. Kennelly. Designated as Magistrate Judge the Honorable Sunil R. Harjani. Case assignment: Random assignment. (gcy, ) (Entered: 04/11/2022) |
| 2022-04-11 | | CLERK'S NOTICE: Pursuant to Local Rule 73.1(b), a United States Magistrate Judge of this court is available to conduct all proceedings in this civil action. If all parties consent to have the currently assigned United States Magistrate Judge conduct all proceedings in this case, including trial, the entry of final judgment, and all post-trial proceedings, all parties must sign their names on the attached Consent To form. This consent form is eligible for filing only if executed by all parties. The parties can also express their consent to jurisdiction by a magistrate judge in any joint filing, including the Joint Initial Status Report or proposed Case Management Order. (gcy, ) (Entered: 04/11/2022) |
| 2022-05-18 | 6 | MOTION by Plaintiff John Bridenhagen for leave to file Affidavit in support of Attorney Representation. (Attachments). (gcy, ) (Entered: 05/18/2022) |
| 2022-05-19 | 7 | MINUTE entry before the Honorable Matthew F. Kennelly: Plaintiff's motion for leave to file affidavit 6 is granted. Mailed notice. (mma, ) (Entered: 05/19/2022) |
| 2022-06-21 | 8 | MOTION by Plaintiff John Bridenhagen for leave to file attachment to motion for attorney representation. (Attachments) (daj, ) (Entered: 06/21/2022) |
| 2022-06-21 | 9 | MOTION by Plaintiff John Bridenhagen for leave to file Exhibit in memorandum in support of case filing. (Exhibits) (daj, ) (Entered: 06/21/2022) |
| 2022-07-28 | 10 | MEMORANDUM in support of filing motion in support of Attorney Representation. (daj, ) (Entered: 07/28/2022) |
| 2022-09-12 | 11 | MINUTE entry before the Honorable Matthew F. Kennelly: John Bridenhagen has file a pro se lawsuit challenging the Defense Intelligence Agency's response to his request under the Freedom of Information Act. Venue appears to be proper in this district because Mr. Bridenhagen lives here. See 5 USC 552(a)(4)(B). The Court grants plaintiff's application to proceed in forma pauperis 3 because it does not appear that he had afford the filing fee. The Court denies plaintiff's motion for attorney representation and a related motion 4 8 without prejudice to renewal. Plaintiff has not shown that he requires legal representation (at least not at this point) to prosecute his case. Plaintiff's motion for leave to file exhibits in support of his complaint 9 is granted. However plaintiff must file an amended complaint that includes both his complaint and the exhibits so that when summons and the complaint are served on the defendant the complaint contains everything. Plaintiff is given until 9/26/2022 to file an amended complaint that includes his exhibits. Once that is filed the Court will direct the US Marshal to serve the amended complaint and summons upon the defendant. (mma, ) (Entered: 09/12/2022) |
| 2022-09-22 | 12 | MEMORANDUM filed by John Bridenhagen. (daj, ) (Entered: 09/22/2022) |
| 2022-09-26 | 13 | MINUTE entry before the Honorable Matthew F. Kennelly: Plaintiff John Bridenhagen has filed a very short request that is quite cryptic appears to be a request for appointment of counsel. The request is denied without prejudice because it does not include sufficient information. If plaintiff wishes to seek appointment of counsel he should use the forms on the US District Court website for appointment (recruitment) of counsel and should file at the same time an updated financial affidavit so that the Court can assess his current ability to retain counsel. Plaintiff is also reminded that the Court has previously ordered him to file by 9/26/2022 a complete version of his amended complaint that includes all exhibits. If plaintiff does not do so the Court may dismiss his case for failure to prosecute and for failure to comply with a court order. Mailed notice. (mma, ) (Entered: 09/26/2022) |
| 2022-09-26 | 14 | MOTION by Plaintiff John Bridenhagen for leave to file this motion in support of case filing. (Exhibits) (daj, ) (Entered: 09/26/2022) |
| 2022-09-26 | 15 | APPLICATION by Plaintiff John Bridenhagen for leave to proceed in forma pauperis (daj, ) (Entered: 09/26/2022) |
| 2022-09-26 | 16 | MOTION by Plaintiff John Bridenhagen for attorney representation. (Attachments) (daj, ) (Entered: 09/26/2022) |
| 2022-09-26 | 17 | AMENDED complaint by John Bridenhagen against Defense Intelligence Agency. (daj, ) (Entered: 09/27/2022) |
| 2022-10-02 | 18 | MINUTE entry before the Honorable Matthew F. Kennelly: Plaintiff has filed an amended complaint but, as before, has not included his supporting exhibits with the complaint but rather filed them separately. As the Court stated in its 9/12/2022 order, that's not the right way to do it. Specifically, as stated in the 9/12/2022 order, "plaintiff must file an amended complaint that includes both his complaint and the exhibits so that when summons and the complaint are served on the defendant the complaint contains everything." For this reason, plaintiff's motion for leave to file exhibits 14 is denied, and his amended complaint is stricken. His motion for attorney representation 16 is also denied without prejudice as premature because there's no basis at this point to believe that plaintiff needs an attorney in order to pursue his case. For now, in order for the case to proceed, plaintiff just needs to follow the Court's relatively simple instructions: file as a single document his amended complaint with all of the exhibits. The Court gives plaintiff until 10/7/2022 to do this. If plaintiff does not comply this time, the Court may dismiss his case due to noncompliance with court orders. (mk) (Entered: 10/02/2022) |
| 2022-10-05 | 19 | AMENDED complaint by John Bridenhagen against Defense Intelligence Agency. (exhibits) (daj, ) (Entered: 10/05/2022) |
| 2022-10-05 | 20 | APPLICATION by Plaintiff John Bridenhagen for leave to proceed in forma pauperis. (daj, ) (Entered: 10/05/2022) |
| 2022-10-05 | 21 | MOTION by Plaintiff John Bridenhagen for attorney representation. (exhibits) (daj, ) (Entered: 10/05/2022) |
| 2022-10-11 | 23 | MINUTE entry before the Honorable Matthew F. Kennelly: The Clerk is directed to issue summons to defendant Defense Intelligence Agency. The US Marshal is appointed to serve the defendant with summons and the complaint. Plaintiff has already completed a USM-285 form. The Clerk is directed to forward that form 22 along with summons and the complaint to the US Marshal for service upon the defendant. Plaintiff's motion for attorney representation 21 20 is denied without prejudice to renewal after defendant responds to the complaint. At this point it is not apparent that the case will be complex enough that plaintiff cannot reasonably pursue it on his own without appointed counsel. Mailed notice. (mma, ) (Entered: 10/11/2022) |
| 2022-10-11 | 24 | MOTION by Plaintiff John Bridenhagen for leave to file for sixty day extension of time to summons the Defendant. (daj, ) (Entered: 10/11/2022) |
| 2022-10-12 | 25 | MINUTE entry before the Honorable Matthew F. Kennelly: Plaintiff's motion to extend the time for service of summons 24 is denied without prejudice as unnecessary at this point. The 90 day period for service of summons and the amended complaint runs from the date the amended complaint was filed, 10/5/2022, which should leave the US Marshal sufficient time to serve the defendant. If the 90 day deadline approaches and service has not yet been accomplished, plaintiff may renew the motion at that point. (mk) (Entered: 10/12/2022) |
| 2022-10-12 | | SUMMONS Issued, USM 285 form and certified copy of order 23 to the U.S. Marshall via email for service as to Defendant Defense Intelligence Agency (daj, ) (Entered: 10/12/2022) |
| 2022-10-12 | 26 | MOTION to file motion in support of Attorney Representation with Affidavit by Plaintiff John Bridenhagen. (exhibit) (daj, ) (Entered: 10/12/2022) |
| 2022-10-12 | 27 | MOTION by Plaintiff John Bridenhagen for leave to file Affidavit in support of Attorney Representation. (Exhibit) (daj, ) (Entered: 10/13/2022) |
| 2022-10-13 | 28 | MINUTE entry before the Honorable Matthew F. Kennelly: Plaintiff has filed another motion for attorney representation. The motion is again denied 26 27 . The denial is without prejudice to renewal after (but only after) the defendant responds to the complaint. The Court has reviewed each of plaintiff's submissions up to this point and is not persuaded that plaintiff requires counsel to make the written filings required of him (if any) prior to the filing of a response to the complaint. The Court will not entertain any further motions for attorney representation until after the response to the complaint is filed. Mailed notice. (mma, ) (Entered: 10/13/2022) |
| 2022-11-10 | 29 | DESIGNATION of Sarah Fattahi Terman as U.S. Attorney for Defendant Defense Intelligence Agency (Terman, Sarah) (Entered: 11/10/2022) |
| 2022-11-10 | 30 | ANSWER to amended complaint by Defense Intelligence Agency(Terman, Sarah) (Entered: 11/10/2022) |
| 2022-12-14 | 31 | DECLARATION in support of Plaintiff's Response to Defendant's Motion to Summary Judgment by Plaintiff John Bridenhagen. (daj, ) (Entered: 12/14/2022) |
| 2022-12-29 | 32 | ANNUAL REMINDER: Pursuant to Local Rule 3.2 (Notification of Affiliates) , any nongovernmental party, other than an individual or sole proprietorship, must file a statement identifying all its affiliates known to the party after diligent review or, if the party has identified no affiliates, then a statement reflecting that fact must be filed. An affiliate is defined as follows: any entity or individual owning, directly or indirectly (through ownership of one or more other entities), 5% or more of a party. The statement is to be electronically filed as a PDF in conjunction with entering the affiliates in CM/ECF as prompted. As a reminder to counsel, parties must supplement their statements of affiliates within thirty (30) days of any change in the information previously reported. This minute order is being issued to all counsel of record to remind counsel of their obligation to provide updated information as to additional affiliates if such updating is necessary. If counsel has any questions regarding this process, this LINK will provide additional information. Signed by the Executive Committee on 12/29/2022: Mailed notice. (tg, ) (Entered: 12/30/2022) |
| 2023-01-05 | 33 | DECLARATION in support of Plaintiff's response to Defendant's motion to summary judgment by John Bridenhagen. (daj, ) (Entered: 01/06/2023) |
| 2023-01-05 | 34 | SUPPLEMENTAL DECLARATION in support of Plaintiff's response to Defendant's motion to summary judgment by John Bridenhagen. (Exhibits) (daj, ) (Entered: 01/06/2023) |
| 2023-01-05 | 35 | MOTION for leave to file inventory of Exhibit A into the record of attachment to amended filng by Plaintiff John Bridenhagen. (Trial exhibit list) (daj, ) (Entered: 01/06/2023) |
| 2023-01-05 | 36 | MOTION by Plaintiff John Bridenhagen for attorney representation. (Attachments) (daj, ) (Entered: 01/06/2023) |
| 2023-01-05 | 37 | MOTION for leave to file affidavit in support of Attorney Representation by Plaintiff John Bridenhagen. (Exhibit) (daj, ) (Entered: 01/06/2023) |
| 2023-01-05 | 39 | APPLICATION by Plaintiff John Bridenhagen for leave to proceed in forma pauperis. (daj, ) (Entered: 01/09/2023) |
| 2023-01-05 | 40 | MOTION by Plaintiff John Bridenhagen for attorney representation. (daj, ) (Entered: 01/09/2023) |
| 2023-01-07 | 38 | MINUTE entry before the Honorable Matthew F. Kennelly: This is a lawsuit under the Freedom of Information Act, filed by the plaintiff pro se. Plaintiff's motion for leave gto file inventory 35 and motion for leave to file affidavit 37 are both granted. The Court notes that plaintiff has filed three documents 31 33 34 that appear to assume that the defendant has filed a motion for summary judgment. That's incorrect; no such motion has been filed by the defendant. Rather, it has simply filed an answer to plaintiff's complaint 30 . The Court notes that defendant'a answer is prefaced with a statement that plaintiff's compliant is "largely incomprehensible." The Court agrees with this assessment. The Court is therefore assessing whether to dismiss the complaint is incomprehensible and/or as frivolous pursuant to 28 USC 1915(e)(2). In this regard, the Court directs the plaintiff to file by 1/23/2023 a statement (which the Court will consider as an amendment to the complaint) that includes the following information: (a) The dates of any FOIA requests that the plaintiff sent to the defendant Defense Intelligence Agency; (b) If available, copies of any such requests; (c) The dates of Defense Intelligence Agency's responses to any FOIA requests by the plaintiff; and (d) If available, copies of any such responses. The Court will consider the plaintiff's statement pursuant to this order along with the amended complaint in determining whether to dismiss the case. (mk) (Entered: 01/07/2023) |
| 2023-01-10 | 41 | MINUTE entry before the Honorable Matthew F. Kennelly: Plaintiff's renewed motions for attorney representation are denied without prejudice to renewal after the Court determines whether plaintiff's amended complaint can proceed. At this point the Court has directed plaintiff to provide some rather simple and straightforward information, specifically: (a) The dates of any FOIA requests that the plaintiff sent to the defendant Defense Intelligence Agency; (b) If available, copies of any such requests; (c) The dates of Defense Intelligence Agency's responses to any FOIA requests by the plaintiff; and (d) If available, copies of any such responses. See Order of 1/7/2023. Plaintiff has not shown that he requires counsel to provide this very basic information, all of which logically should be in his possession. The Court reminds plaintiff that he must provide this information by no later than 1/23/2023. (mk) (Entered: 01/10/2023) |
| 2023-01-20 | 42 | MOTION for leave to file motion in support of attorney representation with medical records form Northwestern Medicine Records, Shirley Ryan Records, speech therapies, and auditory processing tests by Plaintiff John Bridenhagen. (Exhibits) (daj, ) (Entered: 01/23/2023) |
| 2023-01-20 | 43 | AMENDED complaint by John Bridenhagen against Defense Intelligence Agency. (Exhibits) (daj, ) (Entered: 01/23/2023) |
| 2023-01-23 | 44 | AMENDED complaint by John Bridenhagen against Defense Intelligence Agency. (Exhibits) (daj, ) (Entered: 01/25/2023) |
| 2023-01-23 | 45 | MOTION by Plaintiff John Bridenhagen for leave to file motion for medical records attachment to record. (Exhibits) (daj, ) (Entered: 01/26/2023) |
| 2023-02-09 | 46 | MOTION by Plaintiff John Bridenhagen for leave to file motion for medical records attachment to the record. (Exhibits, Envelope not postmarked) (daj, ) (Entered: 02/15/2023) |
| 2023-02-09 | 47 | MOTION by Plaintiff John Bridenhagen for leave to file motion for medical records HIPPA breach notification rule. (Exhibits, Envelope not postmarked) (daj, ) (Entered: 02/15/2023) |
| 2023-02-24 | 49 | MOTION by Plaintiff John Bridenhagen for sixty days request for extension of time of sixty days. (aee, ) (Entered: 03/01/2023) |
| 2023-02-27 | 48 | MOTION by Plaintiff John Bridenhagen for sixty days request for extension of time of sixty days. (aee, ) (Entered: 03/01/2023) |
| 2023-02-27 | 50 | MOTION by Plaintiff John Bridenhagen for attorney representation. (aee, ) (Entered: 03/01/2023) |
| 2023-03-21 | 51 | LETTER from John Bridenhagen dated 03/16/2023. (daj, ) (Entered: 03/23/2023) |
| 2023-03-21 | 52 | MOTION for leave to file motion for medical records by Plaintiff John Bridenhagen. (Exhibits) (daj, ) (Entered: 03/23/2023) |
| 2023-03-21 | 53 | SUPPLEMENTAL MOTION for HIPPA breach data to complete timeline by Plaintiff John Bridenhagen. (Exhibits) (daj, ) (Entered: 03/23/2023) |
| 2023-03-24 | 54 | ORDER: Pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915(e)(2), the Court directs the Clerk to enter judgment dismissing this case with prejudice. All remaining motionsmost of which appear to be related to a request for appointment of counselare terminated as moot 42 45 46 47 48 49 50 52 53 . Civil case terminated. Signed by the Honorable Matthew F. Kennelly on 3/24/2023. Mailed notice. (mma, ) (Entered: 03/24/2023) |
| 2023-03-24 | 55 | ENTERED JUDGMENT. Mailed notice. (mma, ) (Entered: 03/24/2023) |
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