Seventh Circuit Reverses Dismissal of Prisoner’s 99-Page Complaint by Mark Wilson Seventh Circuit Reverses Dismissal of Prisoner’s 99-Page Complaint by Mark Wilson The Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals has reversed a district court’s finding that a prisoner’s “99-page complaint defies understanding, rendering it unintelligible and subject to dismissal …
Eutsey v. Bassinger, IN, Settlement, Wrongful Death Corizon, 2014 USDC IN/ND case 3:11-cv-00327-JTM-CAN document 114-1 filed 04/22/14 page 1 of 3 JUDICIAL ARBITER GROUP, INC. JAG Case No. 14-0022 Robin Scarrette (fka Eutsey) as Personal Representative of the Estate of Patrick Whetstone; Plaintiff, V. James Bassinger; Joe Baumberger; Eric Brewer; …
Devbrow v. Kalu, IN, Plaintiff's Support of Motion in Limine, Deliberate Indifference to Medical Treatment, 2014 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF INDIANA INDIANAPOLIS DIVISION EUGENE DEVBROW, Plaintiff, v. DR. EKE KALU, et al., Defendants. ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) Cause No. 1:07-cv-1355-LJM-TAB PLAINTIFF’S MEMORANDUM …
Deliberate Indifference Medical Claim Accrues Upon Discovery of Injury and its Cause by The Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals has articulated a rule for determining when a prisoner’s claim of deliberate indifference to a serious medical need accrues. In so doing, the Court reversed an Indiana federal district court’s dismissal …
Carrv. Samuels, IN, Complaint - RFRA - Halal Meat 2014 Case 2:14-cv-00001-WTL-WGH Document 1 Filed 01/03/14 Page 1 of 19 PageID #: 1 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF INDIANA TERRE HAUTE DIVISION BRIAN CARR et al., Plaintiffs, v. No. 2:14-CV-1 CHARLES E. SAMUELS, JR. DIRECTOR, FEDERAL …
Wright v. Lake County, IN, Complaint, Jail Death, 2013 USDC IN/ND case 2:13-cv-00333-JVB-JEM document 1 filed 09/20/13 page 1 of 9 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF INDIANA ',., ('.-n ,.., ,, HAMMOND DIVISION ~ '" -·.:.1 .: U li i .· ) fG:'lfr:.:• ) Plaintiff, ) ) Vs. …
Seventh Circuit Upholds CCA’s Victory in Indiana Jail Conditions Suit by On September 14, 2012, the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed a district court’s class certification and summary judgment orders in a jail conditions case involving the Marion County Correctional Center (MCCC) in Indianapolis, Indiana, also known as the …
Seventh Circuit: Indiana Tolling Provision May Excuse Time-Barred Suit; Rule 12(b)(6) Dismissal Improper by The Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals has reversed a district court’s dismissal of an Indiana prisoner’s lawsuit as being time-barred. In January 2008, Pendleton Correctional Facility prisoner Danny R. Richards began complaining of abdominal pain and …
Indiana Overcrowding Suit Certified as Class Action; Grievances Specific Enough to Satisfy PLRA by A federal court in Indiana certified a jail overcrowding case as a class action. It also found that Plaintiff adequately exhausted his claims. In January, 2007, the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Indiana brought suit …
Lindh v. Federal Correctional Institution Warden, IN, Order Denying Motion to Hold Dfdnt in Contempt, 2013 Case 2:09-cv-00215-JMS-MJD Document 227 Filed 07/19/13 Page 1 of 7 PageID #: 3496 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF INDIANA TERRE HAUTE DIVISION JOHN LINDH, Plaintiff, vs. WARDEN, Federal Correctional Institution, Terre Haute, …
7th Circuit Affirms Finding of No Deliberate Indifference in 1983 Case by Derek Gilna Shane Holloway was arrested without a warrant in 2009 and confined to the Delaware County Jail, where he was denied his pre-detention medication, and was prescribed non-narcotic pain medication by prison medical staff instead. Holloway was …
Indiana Supreme Court Affirms Sentence after Botched Jailbreak by The Supreme Court of Indiana per curiam affirmed in July 2012 the 47-year sentence of Appellant Roger Bushhorn resulting from an attempted escape from county jail. Bushhorn and two other prisoners, James Smith and Ryan Renfroe, fashioned homemade knives from clothes …
Tenth Circuit: Terrorism Prisoners Lack Liberty Interest in Transfer to ADX by Derek Gilna Omar Rezaq, Mohammed Saleh, El-Sayyid Nosair and Ibrahim Elgabrowny, convicted of terrorism-related offenses and confined at the federal supermax ADX facility in Florence, Colorado, filed suit contending they had a liberty interest in “avoiding transfer without …
IPAS v. Indiana DOC, IN, Decision, Isolation Mentally Ill Prisoners, 2012 Case 1:08-cv-01317-TWP-MJD Document 279 Filed 12/31/12 Page 1 of 37 PageID #: 3855 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF INDIANA INDIANAPOLIS DIVISION INDIANA PROTECTION AND ADVOCACY SERVICES COMMISSION, on behalf of its clients and constituents, JOSHUA HARRISON, GREGGORY …
Federal Investigation, Prosecution Targets Indiana Sheriff’s Officers by Derek Gilna Several Lake County, Indiana Sheriff’s Department employees were the subject of a federal investigation into a gun-running scheme that resulted in criminal charges. Lake County Sheriff John Buncich placed six staff members on administrative leave and stripped them of their …
Seventh Circuit Upholds Indiana DOC’s Ban on Pen-Pal Ads by David Reutter by David M. Reutter On September 16, 2010, an Indiana U.S. District Court held that a prison regulation prohibiting prisoners from advertising for pen-pals and receiving materials from services that advertise for or provide pen-pals did not violate …
Class Certified in Lawsuit Challenging Conditions at CCA-operated Indiana Jail, but Case Dismissed on Summary Judgment by David Reutter by David M. Reutter An Indiana federal district court certified a class and allowed claims to proceed that challenged unsafe conditions, lack of medical privacy and an alleged incentive scheme that …
DOJ Investigation Forces Indiana Juvenile Teacher License Upgrade by The Indiana Court of Appeals upheld a lower court's conclusion that prison officials had the authority to require prison teachers to obtain a special education license. The court reversed the lower court's holding, however, that prison officials were required to comply …
Indiana Prosecutor Disciplined for Conflict of Interest by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke Delaware County, Indiana prosecutor Mark R. McKinney was suspended from practicing law for 120 days beginning on July 28, 2011. He was disciplined for engaging in professional misconduct by handling criminal prosecutions and civil forfeiture cases involving …
Indiana Cuts Prison College Courses by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke After the Indiana General Assembly passed a budget for FY 2012-2013 that eliminated $9 million in financial aid for college programs for prisoners, the Indiana Department of Correction (DOC) is shifting such programs away from liberal arts studies and …
