“I am a honorably discharged Marine Corps veteran. At this stage, Allen reportedly tried to get away from the man, who chased after him “hollering (racial slur) this and (racial slur) that.” The Joliet local alleges that, instead of a weapon, the unnamed man pulled out a mobile phone. His lawsuit claims: “I observed a man and a woman coming out of the front door of the Harrah’s Joliet Casino and I said to the lady, ‘Did you have any luck tonight?’ The guy said to me, ‘That’s my wife your (sic) talking to (racial slur) and then he reached in his waist for what I thought was a weapon so I took a knife out to defend himself (sic).” As Illinois news site Patch reports, “practically all pro se civil lawsuits filed at the Will County Courthouse by convicted criminals or criminal defendants eventually get dismissed from the court docket by judges.” Defendant alleges racial abuseĭescribed as being 6’ 3″ and weighing 210 lbs by Will County Sherrif’s Office inmate search, Allen contends in his court argument that he was the victim in the incident.
A pro se lawsuit is when litigants or parties represent themselves in court without help from a lawyer.
