The court seeks recruited counsel to represent the plaintiff, Broderick Bullock, in an evidentiary hearing (i.e., Pavey hearing) concerning whether he exhausted his administrative remedies before filing this lawsuit. Mr. Broderick is currently incarcerated at Branchville Correctional Facility. The court's screening order allowed Eighth Amendment deliberate indifference to medical needs claims More...
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1:23-cv-01632-JPH-TAB Farris v. Warden of Pendleton Correctional Facility (6/12/2026)
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John Farris, who is incarcerated at Pendleton Correctional Facility, alleges in this case that he has been denied religious services at that facility in violation of his rights under the First Amendment and Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act ("RLUIPA"). After summary judgment, the claim that remains is Mr. Farris's RLUIPA claim for injunctive relief against the Warden in his More...
4:24-cv-00126-TWP-KMB Cosby v. Floyd County Sheriff's Department et al (6/3/2026)
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The Court seeks recruited counsel to assist Plaintiff, Jermaine Cosby, for the limited purpose of assisting Mr. Cosby with either resolving the exhaustion issue, initiating a new lawsuit before the two-year statute of limitations runs, or negotiating a settlement. Mr. Cosby proceeds on excessive force claims on several custody staff at Floyd County Jail, where he was once incarcerated. More...
Cosby Public Docket Sheet.pdf,
Cosby Defendants' Response - Dkt. 60.pdf,
Cosby Exhaustion SJ Order.pdf
1:23-cv-02242-JRS-KMB McGinnis v. Martin et al. (6/1/2026)
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The Court seeks recruited counsel to help the Plaintiff, Zachary McGinnis through final judgment in this Eighth Amendment conditions-of-confinement case. Mr. McGinnis is currently incarcerated at Pendleton Correctional Facility. He alleged in his complaint that the Defendants, officers at Pendleton, subjected him to unconstitutional conditions of confinement during two sewage floods in More...
1:24-cv-0141-TWP-MJD Seth Vilchuck v. Quarrier et al (1/21/2026)
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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...
