Bunch v. Carter et al
Plaintiff: Justin Bunch
Defendant: Major Tucker, W Hyatt, Sharon Hawk, Bennit, Smith, Williams, Robert E Carter and Kieninger
Case Number: 3:2019cv01092
Filed: November 21, 2019
Court: US District Court for the Northern District of Indiana
Presiding Judge: Michael G Gotsch
Referring Judge: Damon R Leichty
Nature of Suit: Prisoner: Civil Rights
Cause of Action: 42 U.S.C. ยง 1983
Jury Demanded By: Plaintiff
Docket Report

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Date Filed Document Text
December 16, 2019 Filing 6 Prisoner Trust Fund Account Statement by Justin Bunch. (Attachments: #1 Envelope)(jld)
December 16, 2019 Filing 5 NOTICE of a Lawsuit and Request to Waive Service of Summons sent to Unit Team Manager Williams, Lieutenant Bennit, Sergeant Smith. (Copy mailed as directed in Order) Waiver of Service due by 1/15/2020. (Attachments: #1 Opinion and Order, #2 Complaint) (lhc)
December 13, 2019 Opinion or Order Filing 4 OPINION AND ORDER: The Court GRANTS Justin Bunch leave to proceed on an Eighth Amendment claim for money damages against Unit Team Manager Williams, Lieutenant Bennit, and Sergeant Smith for failing to protect him against attacks from other inmates at the Miami Correctional Facility; DISMISSES the Commissioner Carter, Warden Hyatt, Assistant Warden Hawk, Major Tucker, and Captain Kieninger; DISMISSES all other claims; DIRECTS the clerk and the USMS to issue and serve process on Unit Team Manager Williams, Lieutenant Bennit, and Sergeant Smith at the Indiana Department of Correction with a copy of this order and the complaint #1 as required by 28 U.S.C. 1915(d); and ORDERS, pursuant to 42 U.S.C. 1997e(g)(2), that Unit Team Manager Williams, Lieutenant Bennit, and Sergeant Smith respond, as provided for in the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure and N.D. Ind. L.R. 10.1, only to the claims for which Justin Bunch has been granted leave to proceed in this screening order. Signed by Judge Damon R Leichty on 12/13/2019. (Copy mailed as directed in Order) (lhc)
December 13, 2019 Opinion or Order Filing 3 ORDER GRANTING #2 Motion for Leave to Proceed in forma pauperis; WAIVING the initial partial filing fee; ORDERING Plaintiff to pay to the clerk 20% of the money received for each calendar month during which $10.00 or more is received, until the $350.00 filing fee is paid in full; and DIRECTING the clerk to create a ledger for receipt of these funds and to send a copy of this order to each facility where the plaintiff is housed until the filing fee has been paid in full. Signed by Judge Damon R Leichty on 12/13/2019. (Copy mailed Pro Se and as directed in Order)(mrm)
November 21, 2019 Filing 2 MOTION for Leave to Proceed in forma pauperis (Prisoner Trust Account Ledger attached) by Plaintiff Justin Bunch. (nae)
November 21, 2019 Filing 1 PRO SE COMPLAINT with Jury Demand against Bennit, Robert E Carter, Sharon Hawk, W Hyatt, Kieninger, Smith, Major Tucker, Williams, filed by Justin Bunch.(Returned copy with case number to Bunch) (Attachments: #1 Exhibits, #2 Envelope)(nae)

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