The Court seeks to recruit counsel to represent plaintiff Yohan Flame-Bey, an Indiana inmate, in his civil rights action. Mr. Flame-Bey claims in this case that defendants Sergeants Hurt and Shaw exercised excessive force against him when he was experiencing a medical emergency and that they did so because he had filed lawsuits against other correctional officers. The dispositive motion More...

Mr. Caudill is incarcerated at Wabash Valley. Two correctional officers were in a hurry to escort him to recreation and failed to check the sidewalks for ice. As they escorted him, Mr. Caudill slipped and fell and injured his back. Counsel is sought to assist him with a settlement conference. A telephonic status conference is scheduled for December 17, 2021, and a telephonic settlement More...

Steve Rogers, now a prisoner at Miami Correctional Facility, endured two bouts with painful hernias at Pendleton Correctional Facility between 2018 and 2020. He is suing the prison doctor, the doctor's employer, and the prison grievance officer for damages. Claims against the medical defendants survived summary judgment and will be resolved by settlement or trial. The Court denied the More...

Since 2019, Mr. Jervis, a prisoner, has suffered from multiple serious medical conditions, including heart attacks and a stroke. He is pursuing damages claims based on allegations that the defendants were deliberately indifferent to his medical conditions, including by depriving him of necessary medication and prescribing dangerous medications. Mr. Jervis recently moved to Putnamville More...

Mr. Harrison, an inmate at Plainfield Correctional Facility, has medical issues that cause chronic pain and relies on a wheelchair. He alleges that the damaged sidewalks at PCF exacerbate his pain and that the warden has been deliberately indifferent to the conditions of his confinement. Summary judgment was granted as to all claims against the warden in his individual capacity based on More...

Mr. Woods alleges that the conditions in the STAND Unit at New Castle Correctional Facility-- where he was locked in a cell with a cellmate for 22.5 hours a day for over a year-- violated his 8th Amendment rights. The Court denied summary judgment without prejudice, finding that a better factual record is needed to determine the merits of the motion. Counsel will represent Mr. Woods through More...

Plaintiff Gregory Name brings this action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. Section 1983 alleging that he was subjected to excessive force during a cell extraction while he was confined at New Castle Correctional Facility. The Court granted in part and denied in part the defendants' motion for summary judgment. Mr. Name alleges that defendant Officer Jallow caused injury to Name's arm in violation of his More...

The Court seeks counsel to represent plaintiff Bryan Chappell who alleges that medical and correctional staff at FCI Terre Haute failed to provide adequate health treatment for serious heart issues and retaliated against him for seeking medical care. Pending before the Court is the defendants' motion to dismiss for failure to state a claim (in part alleging certain types of claims are no More...

Mr. Knight is a prisoner confined to Pendleton Correctional Facility. He alleges that he was made to provide information about security threats in his facility to prison officials. He told the defendants that his cooperation placed him at risk of assault, but they allegedly ignored his complaints. Since that time, Mr. Knight has been assaulted by other inmates in retaliation for his More...