Bonta v. Swanson
Plaintiff: Zachary Bonta
Defendant: Swanson
Case Number: 3:2022cv00248
Filed: March 29, 2022
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 Prisoner Civil Rights
Jury Demanded By: None
Docket Report

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Date Filed Document Text
May 25, 2022 Opinion or Order Filing 7 Letter from Zachary Bonta regarding Opinion and Order and requesting it be corrected. (Attachments: #1 Envelope) (asd)
May 13, 2022 Opinion or Order Filing 6 NOTICE of a Lawsuit and Request to Waive Service of Summons sent to Officer Swanson. Waiver of Service due by 6/13/2022. (sej) (Additional attachment(s) added on 5/16/2022: #1 Complaint, #2 Opinion and Order) (sej).
May 13, 2022 Opinion or Order Filing 5 OPINION AND ORDER: The court GRANTS the plaintiff leave to proceed against Officer Swanson (first name unknown) in his personal capacity for monetary damages for failing to protect him from being attacked by other inmates on 12/22/2021, in violation of the Eighth Amendment; DISMISSES all other claims; DIRECTS the clerk to request a Waiver of Service from (and if necessary, the United States Marshals Service to use any lawful means to locate and serve process on) Officer Swanson at Indiana Department of Correction and to send him a copy of this order and the complaint pursuant to 28 U.S.C. 1915(d); ORDERS the Indiana Department of Correction to provide the United States Marshal Service with the full name, date of birth, and last known home address of any defendant who does not waive service, to the extent this information is available; and ORDERS Officer Swanson to respond, as provided for in the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure and N.D. Ind. L.R. 10-1 (b), only to the claim for which the plaintiff has been granted leave to proceed in this screening order. Signed by Judge Damon R Leichty on 05/13/2022. (Copy mailed to pro se party)(sej)
May 11, 2022 Opinion or Order Filing 4 Initial Partial Filing fee: $ 8.66, receipt number 3029040 (jld)
April 4, 2022 Opinion or Order Filing 3 ORDER: The court GRANTS the plaintiff leave to proceed in forma pauperis #2 ; ORDERS the plaintiff, Zachary Bonta, IDOC # 271336, to immediately pay (and the facility having custody to automatically remit) $8.66 to the clerk in payment of the initial partial filing fee; ORDERS the plaintiff to pay (and the facility having custody to automatically remit) 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; DIRECTS the clerk to create a ledger for receipt of these funds; and DIRECTS the clerk 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 04/04/2022. (Copy mailed as directed in Order) (jdb)
March 29, 2022 Opinion or Order Filing 2 MOTION for Leave to Proceed in forma pauperis (Prisoner Trust Account Ledger attached) by Plaintiff Zachary Bonta. (Attachments: #1 Trust fund ledgers)(kms)
March 29, 2022 Opinion or Order Filing 1 PRO SE COMPLAINT against Swanson, filed by Zachary Bonta. (Attachments: #1 Exhibit)(File stamped copy with case number sent to Bonta)(kms)

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