Coleman v. St. Vincent De Paul Society

DECISION AND ORDER

MYRON L. GORDON, Senior District Judge.

This order addresses the question of whether a litigant, proceeding in forma pauperis [IFP] in a civil rights action, is entitled to have the United States shoulder the expenses associated with subpoenaing witnesses for trial on behalf of an IFP litigant. The above question is one of first impression in this circuit. See Merritt v. Faulkner, 697 F.2d 761, 768 (7th Cir.1983), cert. denied, 464 U.S. 986, 104 S.Ct. 434, 78 L.Ed.2d 366 (1983); McKeever v. Israel, 689 F.2d 1315, 1322 (7th Cir.1982). Having considered the issue in detail, I…