Luis Curet v. Tonia Rozmarynoski, et al.

Summary

The United States District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin denied without prejudice Luis Curet’s motion to appoint counsel in his § 1983 action. The court found that Curet had made a reasonable effort to obtain counsel and was competent to litigate his noncomplex claims, while extending his deadline to respond to the defendants’ motions for summary judgment to June 19, 2026.

Holdings

1. The plaintiff made a reasonable attempt to obtain counsel and therefore satisfied the first prong of the governing test.
2. The plaintiff had not shown that the difficulty of the case exceeded his capacity as a pro se litigant; accordingly, recruitment of counsel was not warranted at that time.
3. The motion to appoint counsel was denied without prejudice.

Questions Presented

1. Whether the incarcerated, indigent plaintiff satisfied the threshold requirement of making a reasonable or good-faith effort to obtain counsel.
2. Whether the factual and legal difficulty of the plaintiff's claims exceeded his demonstrated ability to litigate them without recruited counsel.
3. Whether the motion to appoint counsel should be denied without prejudice and whether the plaintiff should receive additional time to respond to the pending summary-judgment motions.

Disposition

other