You are here

Available Pro Bono Cases

2:23-cv-0520-MG-JMS Antonio Sherrod v. Shields (5/13/2025)

  • Plaintiff Antonio Sherrod alleges violations of the FTCA while he was incarcerated at Terre Haute stemming from an incident where he was physically assaulted by staff and incidents where his surgical wounds were neglected during transport and while detained. The Court has screened through claims against the United States. Discovery is ongoing. The Court seeks counsel to represent Mr. Sherrod More...


2:22-cv-0434-JPH-MKK Sharnee Appleton v. Wolf et al (5/13/2025)

  • The Court seeks counsel to represent Plaintiff Sharnee Appleton, currently incarcerated at Wabash Valley Correctional Facility. He alleges that Defendants were deliberately indifferent to his serious medical needs. Specifically, he alleges that all Defendants refused to change the dressing on his ankle wound, which caused his wound to become infected with MRSA, and that Defendants Riggs, Wolfe More...


1:22-cv-1708-RLY-MKK Jack Edwards, Jr. v. Nwannunu et al (5/13/2025)

  • Jack Edwards is incarcerated at New Castle Correctional Facility. He alleges that Dr. John Nwannunu violated his Eighth Amendment rights by showing deliberate indifference to his serious knee and hand injuries. Mr. Edwards' claims against Dr. Nwannunu survived summary judgment and will be resolved by settlement or trial. Centurion of Indiana, LLC, remains a defendant because it is the proper More...


1:23-cv-0263-RLY-TAB David Howard v. Weddell et al (5/13/2025)

  • David Howard is incarcerated at Pendleton Correctional Facility. He alleges that the Defendant Weddell violated his Eighth Amendment rights by subjecting him to excessive force, including dangerously tight handcuffs. He further alleges that Defendant Weddell violated his First Amendment rights by subjecting him to that physical abuse and then initiating a disciplinary action against him in More...


2:23-cv-0457-JMS-MJD Kevin Bennett v. Ball (5/8/2025)

  • The Court seeks counsel to represent Plaintiff Kevin Bennett, currently incarcerated at the Marion County Jail. He alleges that while incarcerated at the Knox County Jail, Defendant Samantha Ball, a nurse, was deliberately indifferent to his serious medical needs related to difficulty breathing, resulting in him passing out and injuring himself. This claim will be resolved either by settlement More...


1:24-cv-0075-TAB-JPH Morany Deamus v. Anderson et al (5/6/2025)

  • Morany Deamus, who is incarcerated at Wabash Valley Correctional Facility, alleges that mental health counselor Jamie Anderson sexually assaulted him. Ms. Anderson did not move for summary judgment, so this case will proceed to settlement or trial if one is necessary. Counsel is requested to represent Mr. Deamus for the remainder of the proceedings.

     

    If interested in working on More...


1:23-cv-1557-SEB-KMB Roy A. Glass v. Jennifer (4/29/2025)

  • The Court seeks counsel to represent Plaintiff Roy A. Glass, a former inmate at the Montgomery County Jail, through final judgment. Mr. Glass alleges that Nurse Jennifer violated his constitutional rights by failing to provide him adequate medical care for a dog bite and prescribing him predisone for his lupus for more than nine months. These claim have survived summary judgment. A date for a More...


2:22-cv-0276-JPH-MG Terrance Swann v. Vanihel et al (4/29/2025)

  • The Court seeks counsel to represent Plaintiff Terrance Swann, an inmate at New Castle Correctional Facility, through final judgment. Mr. Swann alleges that the defendants violated his constitutional rights by failing to protect him from other inmates when he was incarcerated at Wabash Valley. These claim have survived summary judgment. A date for a final pretrial conference or jury trial has More...


3:23-cv-0084-RLY-CSW Dwayne Breakiron v. Buck (4/28/2025)

  •  

    The Court seeks counsel to represent Plaintiff Dwayne Breakiron, currently incarcerated at Plainfield Correctional Facility. He alleges that Defendant Dr. Buck, a dentist, was deliberately indifferent to his serious medical needs related to tooth pain. This claim has survived summary judgment and will be resolved either by settlement or trial. No trial or settlement conference date More...


2:22-cv-0559-JRS-MKK Rafael Walker v. Holcomb et al (4/23/2025)

  • Rafael Walker, who is currently incarcerated at Miami Correctional Facility, alleges that he was subjected to unconstitutional conditions of confinement when he was held at Wabash Valley Correctional Facility. The claims that remain after summary judgment are the claims that he was exposed to mold and that he was denied cleaning supplies when his cell was flooded with water from the toilet. More...


4:24-cv-0061-TWP-KMB ARTHUR WAYNE FEY v. WASHINGTON et al (4/22/2024)

  • Plaintiff Arthur Fey alleges that while in the custody of the Floyd County Jail for nearly two years, Nurse Practitioner Roy Washington was deliberately indifferent in failing to treat his chronic and severe neck pain, which was the result of an injury he sustained before going to Jail. He also alleges that Floyd County Sheriff Steve Bush deliberately spent too little money on inmate care. Mr More...