Merriweather v. Ashley
Plaintiff: Michael Craig Merriweather
Defendant: Ashley
Case Number: 3:2022cv00727
Filed: August 31, 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
October 11, 2022 Opinion or Order Filing 10 Initial Partial Filing fee received: $ 3.83, receipt number 3029855. (kmt)
September 22, 2022 Opinion or Order Filing 9 ORDER GRANTING #8 MOTION for Leave to Proceed in forma pauperis; ORDERING the plaintiff, Michael C. Merriweather, IDOC # 172642, to immediately pay $3.83 to the clerk in payment of the initial partial filing fee; ORDERING the 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; 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 9/22/2022. (Copy mailed to pro se party and Miami Correctional Facility)(ash)
September 21, 2022 Opinion or Order Filing 8 MOTION for Leave to Proceed in forma pauperis (Prisoner Trust Account Ledger attached) by Plaintiff Michael Craig Merriweather. (kmt)
September 2, 2022 Opinion or Order Filing 7 ORDER: The court GRANTS the plaintiff until 10/03/2022 to either pay the filing fee in full or move for leave to proceed in forma pauperis; and CAUTIONS him that if he does not respond by the deadline, this case is subject to dismissal without further notice for lack of prosecution. Signed by Judge Damon R Leichty on 09/02/2022. (Copy mailed to pro se party) (jdb)
August 31, 2022 Opinion or Order Filing 6 Letter from Clerk Southern District of Indiana re: transfer of case. (Attachments: #1 Envelope) (jld)
August 31, 2022 Opinion or Order Filing 5 Case transferred in from District of Indiana Southern; Case Number 1:22-cv-01649. Original file and docket sheet received. (Returned copy to plaintiff with INND case number)
August 25, 2022 Opinion or Order Filing 4 Transfer Letter to Clerk of the Northern District of Indiana. Case transferred electronically to Northern District of Indiana, on 8/25/2022. (CKM) [Transferred from Indiana Southern on 8/31/2022.]
August 25, 2022 Opinion or Order Filing 3 ORDER - Transferring Case to the Northern District of Indiana; Michael Merriweather is a prisoner at the Miami Correctional Facility in Bunker Hill, Indiana. He commenced this action against Nurse "Ashley" alleging she was deliberately indifferent to his medical need while he was housed at Miami. When jurisdiction is not founded solely on diversity, venue is proper only in the district in which any defendant resides, if all of the defendants reside in the same state,a substantial part of the events or omissions giving rise to the claim occurred, or a substantial part of property that is the subject of the action is situated, or (3) any defendant may be found, if there is no district in which the action may otherwise be brought. Miami Correctional Facility is located in Miami county, which is in the Northern District of Indiana.Since a substantial part of the events giving rise to Mr. Merriweather's claims occurred there and Defendant presumably resides there, the Northern District of Indiana is a proper district for this action. the above action is now TRANSFERRED to the South Bend Division of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Indiana. Copy Mailed. Signed by Judge Sarah Evans Barker on 8/25/2022. (CKM) [Transferred from Indiana Southern on 8/31/2022.]
August 19, 2022 Opinion or Order Filing 2 MAGISTRATE JUDGE's NOTICE of Availability to Exercise Jurisdiction issued. (DRB) Modified on 8/19/2022 (DRB). Distribution made to plaintiff via mail. [Transferred from Indiana Southern on 8/31/2022.]
August 19, 2022 Opinion or Order Filing 1 COMPLAINT against ASHLEY, filed by MICHAEL CRAIG MERRIWEATHER. (No fee paid with this filing) (Attachments: #1 Exhibit, #2 Envelope)(DRB) [Transferred from Indiana Southern on 8/31/2022.]

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