Lunsford Heth v. Martinez et al
Plaintiff: James Douglas Lunsford Heth
Defendant: Sheriff Oscar Martinez, Assistant Warden Nearly, Correctional Officer Mattingly, Ex Sheriff John Buncich, Deputy Warden Gore and Administrator (former) Davies
Case Number: 2:2018cv00089
Filed: March 5, 2018
Court: US District Court for the Northern District of Indiana
Office: Hammond Office
County: Lake
Presiding Judge: John E Martin
Presiding Judge: Rudy Lozano
Nature of Suit: Prison Condition
Cause of Action: 42 U.S.C. ยง 1983
Jury Demanded By: None

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March 31, 2020 Opinion or Order Filing 65 OPINION AND ORDER GRANTING 48 Joint Motion for Summary Judgment by all Defendants and DISMISSING this case WITHOUT PREJUDICE because James Douglas Lunsford Heth, did not exhaust his administrative remedies as requiredby 42 U.S.C. § 1997e(a). Signed by Chief Judge Theresa L Springmann on 3/31/2020. (Copy mailed to pro se party via certified mail receipt # 7000 3400 0016 5513 5635)(bas) Modified on 3/31/2020 to add receipt # (lns).
August 16, 2018 Opinion or Order Filing 24 OPINION AND ORDER: The Court GRANTS James Douglas Lunsford Heth leave to proceed against Officer Mattingly, Deputy Warden Gore and Administrator Davies in their individual capacities for compensatory damages for proximately causing him to get scab ies by not decontaminating inmates entering the Lake County Jail in September 2017 in violation of the Fourteenth Amendment; DISMISSES all other claims; DISMISSES Sheriff Oscar Martinez, Jr., Former Sheriff John Buncich, and Assistant Deputy Warden Nearly; and DIRECTS the clerk and the United States Marshals Service to issue and serve process on Officer Mattingly, Deputy Warden Gore and Administrator Davies at the Lake County Jail with a copy of this order and the complaint 1 as required by 28 U.S.C. § 1915(d). Signed by Chief Judge Theresa L Springmann on 8/16/2018. (Copy mailed to pro se party & defendants)(lhc)
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Plaintiff: James Douglas Lunsford Heth
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