Boyd v. Commissioner Indiana Department of Correction et al
Plaintiff: Shavon Tyvell Boyd
Defendant: Commissioner Indiana Department Of Correction, Director, Religious And Volunteer Services, Indiana Department Of Correction, Sgt Johnson, Chaplain Ungrodt, Chaplain Green and Sharon Hawk
Miscellaneous_party: WESTVILLE E-FILE(Court Use Only)
Case Number: 3:2015cv00082
Filed: February 20, 2015
Court: US District Court for the Northern District of Indiana
Office: South Bend Office
County: LaPorte
Presiding Judge: Christopher A Nuechterlein
Presiding Judge: Robert L Miller
Nature of Suit: Civil Rights
Cause of Action: 42 U.S.C. ยง 1983
Jury Demanded By: None

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May 10, 2017 Opinion or Order Filing 109 OPINION AND ORDER: DENYING 108 RULE 56 MOTION to Strike Portions of Plaintiff's Declaration and Declaration of Kevin Underwood by Defendant Chaplain Ungrodt; DENYING 100 Plaintiff's Request for Oral Argument on Defendant's 94 Mo tion for Summary Judgment by Plaintiff Shavon Tyvell Boyd; and DENYING IN PART 94 MOTION for Summary Judgment by Defendant Chaplain Ungrodt, denying it with respect to Mr. Boyd's First Amendment Claims, granting it with respect to Mr. Boyd's RLUIPA claims. Signed by Judge Robert L Miller, Jr on 5/10/2017. (Copy mailed to pro se party)(lhc)
March 21, 2016 Opinion or Order Filing 61 OPINION AND ORDER: GRANTING IN PART 47 MOTION for Summary Judgment by Defendants Commissioner Indiana Department Of Correction, Director, Religious And Volunteer Services, Indiana Department Of Correction, Chaplain Green, Sharon Hawk, Sgt Johnson, Chaplain Ungrodt; DISMISSING WITH PREJUDICE Mr. Boyd's RLUIPA claim seeking kosher meals containing meat; DISMISSING WITHOUT PREJUDICE Mr. Boyd's First Amendment and RULIPA claims against David Liebel, Sgt. Johnson, Sharon Hawk and Chapl ain Green pursuant to 28:1997(e); DISMISSING WITHOUT PREJUDICE Mr. Boyd's First Amendment and RLUIPA claims against Chaplain Ungrodt for denying him the right to be permitted to wash three times a day before consuming food, wash after using the toilet, and possess religious material, pursuant to 28:1997(e); DISMISSING Bruce Lemmon, David Liebel, Sgt. Johnson, Chaplain Green and Sharon Hawk from this case. Signed by Judge Robert L Miller, Jr on 3/21/2016. (lhc)(cc: Plaintiff)
May 26, 2015 Opinion or Order Filing 17 OPINION AND ORDER: GRANTING Pla leave to proceed against Bruce Lemmon in his official capacity as Commissioner of the IDOC for injunctive relief seeking kosher meals containing kosher meats under the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act, 42:2000cc-1(a); GRANTING Pla leave to proceed on a claim against David Liebel, Sharon Hawk, and Chaplains Ungrodt and Green, in their official capacities for injunctive relief seeking the right to be permitted to practice his religious beliefs and practices which include the ability to pray in the dorm, wash three times a day before consuming food, and wash after using the toilet pursuant to the First Amendment and the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act, 42:2000cc-1(a ); GRANTING Pla leave to proceed on a claim against Sgt. Johnson and Sharon Hawk in their individual capacities for compensatory and punitive damages for substantially burdening the practice of his religion by denying him the right to possess religi ous materials and to pray in the dorm in violation of the First Amendment; GRANTING Pla leave to proceed on a claim against Sgt. Johnson in her individual capacity for injunctive relief for substantially burdening the practice of his religion by de nying him the right to possess religious materials and to pray in the dorm in violation of the First Amendment and the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act, 42:2000cc-1(a); GRANTING Pla leave to proceed on a claim against Chaplains Ungrodt and Green in their individual capacities for compensatory and punitive damages for substantially burdening the practice of his religion by denying him the opportunity to shower before eating and after using the toilet, the opportunity to pray in the dorm, and to possess religious material in violation of the First Amendment; DISMISSING all other claims; GRANTING the requests for service by the USMS 15 , 16 and DIRECTING the USMS, pursuant to 28:1915(d), to effect service of process o n Bruce Lemmon, David Liebel, Sgt. Johnson, Sharon Hawk, Chaplain Ungrodt, and Chaplain Green; and ORDERING, pursuant to 42:1997e(g)(2), that Bruce Lemmon, David Liebel, Sgt. Johnson, Sharon Hawk, Chaplain Ungrodt, and Chaplain Green respond, as provided for in the Fed. R. Civ. P. and N.D. IND. L.R. 10.1, only to the claim for which the pro se pla has been granted leave to proceed in this screening order. Signed by Judge Robert L Miller, Jr on 5/26/2015. (lhc)(cc: Pla)
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