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 defendant Tina Rushman through final judgment. The plaintiff alleges that Ms. Rushman assaulted him when Ms. Rushman worked as a supervisor in the prison kitchen. A scheduling order has not yet been issued. Ms. Rushman's deadline to respond to the complaint is September 30, 2021.

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The Court seeks counsel to represent Mr. Creer, an inmate at Plainfield Reception Diagnostic Center. Mr. Creer's claims that Officer Dugger used excessive force against him and either destroyed or threw away Mr. Creer's personal mail in violation of the First Amendment have survived summary judgment. The case is ready to proceed to a settlement conference and trial if needed.

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The Court seeks counsel to represent plaintiff Bryan Chappell who alleges that dental staff at FCI Terre Haute failed to provide adequate and timely dental care. Pending before the Court is the defendants' motion for summary judgment for failure to exhaust administrative remedies. Counsel is requested to represent Mr. Chappell until the case is resolved. Briefing deadlines on the pending 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. Hernandez, a prisoner, has been seeking medical treatment for hernias since 2016. The defendants are no longer involved in his medical care, but two damages claims have survived summary judgment and will be resolved by settlement or trial. The Court is recruiting counsel to assist Mr. Hernandez through the conclusion of the case. Mr. Hernandez has some difficulty speaking English. An 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...

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...

Jody Selby alleges in this civil rights case that, when he was a pretrial detainee at the Vanderburgh County Jail, defendant Officer Burgdorf used excessive force against him by slamming his face into the floor while other officers kicked and punched him. The case will proceed to settlement discussions or trial if one is necessary because dispositive motion deadline has passed and the parties More...

The Court seeks counsel to represent inmate Corey James Smith in this civil rights action which alleges that Mr. Smith has been held in solitary confinement since 2013 without periodic reviews in violation of his Eighth and Fourteenth Amendment rights. Mr. Smith cannot read and requires assistance through final judgment. No scheduling order has been issued to date.

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Joshua Jackson alleges that the staff at New Castle Correctional Facility exposed him to COVID-19 and then failed to treat him for the illness. He also alleges that the prison staff failed to provide proper treatment for his mental health condition and in fact forced him to take antipsychotic medications. The defendants have been served, and the case is entering discovery. The Court is More...

The Court seeks pro bono counsel to represent Indiana Department of Correction inmate Chris Kyner is his lawsuit against prison officials and medical providers. Mr. Kyner alleges that he fell on his face and several foreign objects lodged under his skin. He contends the defendants denied and delayed his treatment, and refused to provide pain medication. An non-prison surgery removed the More...

Clarence Parsley, an inmate at Wabash Valley Correctional Facility, is proceeding on Eighth Amendment deliberate indifference claims against Officer Roberts and Sgt. Eric Drada. He alleges that Officer Roberts denied him meals for about 40 hours to punish him for a verbal altercation that had occurred earlier in the week and that Sgt. Drada covered up this misconduct by stating that Mr. More...

The Court seeks counsel to represent plaintiff David McMurrer, who alleges that the individual defendants assaulted him and used excessive force. The case is set for trial on April 25, 2022, and a final pretrial conference on April 7, 2022.

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The Court seeks to recruit counsel to represent plaintiff Leonard McQuay, an inmate at Wabash Valley Correctional Facility. Mr. McQuay alleges that the defendants violated his First Amendment right to practice his religion by denying him prison programming and destroying his religious books. The defendants did not seek summary judgment on all of Mr. McQuay's claims. Counsel is requested to More...