Mr. Phillips had multiple heat strokes while confined on the top tier of a segregation unit at Pendleton Correctional Facility. He sues Captain Boldman and Lieutenant Pfleeger for deliberate indifference to the extreme heat in his cell in violation of the Eighth Amendment. Summary judgment was granted for the warden and another correctional officer, but denied for Captain Boldman and More...

Danny Lee Saintignon, Jr., a prisoner at Wabash Valley Correctional Facility, is suing Wexford of Indiana, LLC, and its employees for deliberate indifference to a serious medical need in violation of the Eighth Amendment. Mr. Saintignon claims that the defendants provided little to no care for his Covid-19 symptoms for four to six weeks in December 2020 and January 2021. Summary judgment was More...

The Court seeks counsel to represent Plaintiff Ra'mar Daniels, an inmate at the Indiana State Prison, through final judgment. Mr. Daniels alleges that the defendant, a correctional officer, violated his constitutional rights when she sprayed him with pepper spray and denied him access to a decontamination shower after he told her he was feeling suicidal. Mr. Daniels' claims have survived More...

The Court seeks counsel to represent Plaintiff Keandre Arnold, an inmate at Pendleton Correctional Facility, through final judgment. Mr. Arnold alleges that the defendants violated his constitutional rights by using excessive force against him and acting with deliberate indifference to his suicidal ideations and the injuries caused by their excessive force. Mr. Arnolds' claim have survived More...

The Court seeks counsel to represent Curtis Woodward, an inmate at Wabash Correctional Facility through final judgment on his excessive force claims against Correctional Officer Simon Tierney and Correctional Sergeant Caleb Manley.  The Court recently granted summary judgment on Mr. Woodward's claims of medical deliberate indifference and allowed his claims of excessive force to proceed to More...

The Court seeks counsel to represent incarcerated plaintiff Andre Moton through final judgment. Mr. Moton alleges that prison psychologist Dr. Liedtke was deliberately indifferent to his serious mental health needs when she did not take any action to provide additional mental health care when group treatment was not available. This issue has survived summary judgment. Neither a settlement More...

The Court seeks counsel to represent incarcerated plaintiff Demajio Ellis through final judgment. This case has survived summary judgment on the issue that dentist Dr. Noll was deliberately indifferent to Mr. Ellis by refusing to treat pain caused by two impacted teeth or provide any other treatment for the impacted teeth. Neither a settlement conference nor trial has been scheduled. 

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The Court seeks counsel to represent Plaintiff Jeremy Blue, an inmate at Wabash Valley Correctional Facility, through final judgment. Mr. Blue alleges that the defendant, a supervisor of the prison's kitchen, violated Mr. Blue's constitutional rights by consistently providing inadequately-portioned meals, leading to Mr. Blue's substantial weight loss. Mr. Blue's claim has survived summary More...

Plaintiff Eddie Howard is an inmate currently housed at Miami Correctional Facility.  He alleges that defendants failed to properly treat his knee condition for which he was approved for surgery in December 2021 and did not receive until July 2023 after the Court issued a preliminary injunction in June 2023. This matter is in the discovery stage (closing October 2, 2023). Dispositive motions More...

Plaintiff Jeffrey Ates is currently incarcerated at FCI Terre Haute. In this case, he pursues gross negligence claims against the United States under the Federal Tort Claims Act based on allegations that he  was exposed to a COVID-19-positive inmate and then contracted the virus. The case is currently in discovery. Pretrial deadlines have been suspended pending appointment of counsel. Earlier More...

The Court seeks counsel to represent Mr. Oscar Griffin, a former IDOC inmate who now resides in Kansas. Mr. Griffin is blind. He alleges that the defendants discriminated against him by denying him jobs because he was blind, even though he was fully qualified for the jobs. He also alleges that this violated the Rehabilitation Act. His complaint was recently screened and defendants have yet to More...