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Available Pro Bono Cases

1:23-cv-2187-RLY-MG DeMarkus Adams v. Tyler (2/13/2026)

  • The court seeks counsel to represent Plaintiff DeMarkus Adams, an inmate at Pendleton Correctional Facility, through final judgment. Mr. Adams alleges that the Defendant, Chadd Tyler, a correctional officer at Pendleton, violated his Eighth Amendment rights by using excessive force to restrain him during an incident in 2023. These claims have survived the Defendant's motion for partial summary More...


1:24-cv-0290-JPH-KMB Nick Payne v. Fonseca et al (2/11/2026)

  • Plaintiff Nick Payne is incarcerated at Plainfield Correctional Facility. He alleges that when previously at Correctional Industrial Facility, defendants Eric Fonseca, Joseph Lawson, and Nathan Simmons – all Indiana Department of Correction employees – were deliberately indifferent to Mr. Payne's suicidal ideations, and that Mr. Payne thereafter cut himself. The Court seeks counsel to More...


1:23-cv-1752-MPB-KMB Austin Lee Monteiro v. Riley (2/3/2026)

  • The Court seeks counsel to represent Plaintiff Austin Lee Monteiro through the conclusion of his case. He is incarcerated at New Castle Correctional Facility. Mr. Monteiro claims that Defendant Dr. Stephanie Riley violated his Eighth Amendment rights by exhibiting deliberate indifference to his polycystic kidney disorder when she denied a formulary exception request for the drug tolvaptan. More...


1:24-cv-0141-TWP-MJD Seth Vilchuck v. Quarrier et al (1/21/2026)

  • Plaintiff Seth Vilchuck is incarcerated at Pendleton Correctional Facility. He alleges that on December 28, 2023, at Pendleton, Defendant Calvin Quarrier used excessive force against him, Defendants Meghan Sommers and Amanda Terry failed to intervene in Defendant Quarrier's use of force, Defendants Sommers and Terry refused to allow Mr. Vilchuck to have a decontamination shower after being More...