Local Rule RULE 8.2: RESPONDING TO CERTAIN PLEADINGS FILED BY PRISONERS
S.D. Ill. — Civil rule
RULE 8.2 RESPONDING TO CERTAIN PLEADINGS FILED BY PRISONERS (See Fed. R. Civ. P. 12, 55; 28 U.S.C. §§ 1915(e)(2), 1915A; 42 U.S.C. § 1997e(g))
(a) In any civil rights or Federal Tort Claims Act action filed by a prisoner, as defined by 28 U.S.C. § 1915(h), a former prisoner, or civil detainee, where the complaint has survived preliminary review pursuant to 28 U.S.C. §§ 1915(e)(2) or 1915A through a Merit Review Order, unless otherwise ordered by the Court, the defendant(s) shall timely file an appropriate responsive pleading and shall not waive the filing of a responsive pleading under 42 U.S.C. § 1997e(g).
(b) The answer and subsequent pleadings will be to the issues as stated in the Merit Review Order. Defendant(s) need not parse the complaint and respond to it unless: (1) the Court indicates a Merit Review Order will not be entered or (2) the complaint was filed by an attorney.