THOMAS v. BUTTS et al

THOMAS v. BUTTS et al

Plaintiff:	LEONARD THOMAS
Defendant:	LINDA ASHBY, JEFF D. BALLENGER, MARY BLOMQUIST, KELLI BOTAM, KEITH BUTTS, ANDREW COLE, CASEY COOPERRIDER, MANDI I. CURTIS, DANNY FOUNTAIN, BRANDON FRAZEE, LISA P. GIBSON, YVONNE GOODSON, BRUCE HELMING, AMBER HEUSTON, KYLE KARKOSKY, CYNTHIA MARTINEZ, CARLA I. MULLINS, VICKI POOTE, JOHN SAFFORD, WAYNE SCAIFE, KATHY SPEARS, VANESSA G. SUFFOLETTA, STACY TRACY, ROSE VAISVILAS, DEBORAH K. WALLEN, CARRIE WELDER, CHAD WINFREY and WILLIAM H. WOLFE
Case Number:	1:2012cv00443
Filed:	April 4, 2012
Court:	US District Court for the Southern District of Indiana
Office:	Indianapolis Office
Presiding Judge:	Denise K. LaRue
Presiding Judge:	Jane Magnus-Stinson
Nature of Suit:	Prisoner Petitions - Prison Condition
Cause of Action:	42 U.S.C. § 1983 Prisoner Civil Rights
Jury Demanded By:	Plaintiff

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September 2, 2016	Filing 152 ENTRY Discussing Defendants' Motions for Summary Judgment - The plaintiff's 151 motion for a ruling is granted. The Medical Defendants' 113 motion for summary judgment is granted in part and denied in part. Nurse Deborah Wallen, Nurse Mary Blomquist, Nurse Linda Ashby and Yvonne Goodson are each entitled to judgment as a matter of law as to all claims alleged against them. The clerk is directed to update the docket to reflect that these four medical defendants have been t erminated in this action. The 116 motion for summary judgment filed by State Defendants Andrew Cole and Danny Fountain is denied. The defendants' 137 motion to strike is denied. The plaintiff's 149 belated motion for expert witness is denied because there is no evident need for a court-appointed expert, to "assist the trier-of-fact to understand the evidence or decide a fact in issue," the standard under Rule 702 of the Federal Rules of Evidence. The two Eighth Ame ndment claims remaining for resolution are the following: Whether Doctor William H. Wolfe and Nurse Practitioner Vanessa G. Suffoletta denied Mr. Thomas a bottom range pass and, as a result, Mr. Thomas had two seizures and injured himself on the stairs; and Whether Andrew Cole and Counselor Fountain had the authority to move Mr. Thomas to a bottom range but refused to do so even after they knew of the risk of harm inherent in having a seizure on the stairs. No partial final judgment shall issue at this time as to the claims resolved in this Entry. (See Entry.) Signed by Judge Jane Magnus-Stinson on 9/2/2016. Copy sent to Plaintiff via US Mail. (GSO)
September 24, 2012	Filing 19 ORDER denying 18 Motion for Leave to Appeal in forma pauperis. Signed by Judge Jane Magnus-Stinson on 9/24/2012. Copy via US Mail to Plaintiff. (cc: USCA re: CA #12-2902.) (TMA)

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September 2, 2016

Filing 152 ENTRY Discussing Defendants' Motions for Summary Judgment - The plaintiff's 151 motion for a ruling is granted. The Medical Defendants' 113 motion for summary judgment is granted in part and denied in part. Nurse Deborah Wallen, Nurse Mary Blomquist, Nurse Linda Ashby and Yvonne Goodson are each entitled to judgment as a matter of law as to all claims alleged against them. The clerk is directed to update the docket to reflect that these four medical defendants have been t erminated in this action. The 116 motion for summary judgment filed by State Defendants Andrew Cole and Danny Fountain is denied. The defendants' 137 motion to strike is denied. The plaintiff's 149 belated motion for expert witness is denied because there is no evident need for a court-appointed expert, to "assist the trier-of-fact to understand the evidence or decide a fact in issue," the standard under Rule 702 of the Federal Rules of Evidence. The two Eighth Ame ndment claims remaining for resolution are the following: Whether Doctor William H. Wolfe and Nurse Practitioner Vanessa G. Suffoletta denied Mr. Thomas a bottom range pass and, as a result, Mr. Thomas had two seizures and injured himself on the stairs; and Whether Andrew Cole and Counselor Fountain had the authority to move Mr. Thomas to a bottom range but refused to do so even after they knew of the risk of harm inherent in having a seizure on the stairs. No partial final judgment shall issue at this time as to the claims resolved in this Entry. (See Entry.) Signed by Judge Jane Magnus-Stinson on 9/2/2016. Copy sent to Plaintiff via US Mail. (GSO)

September 24, 2012

Filing 19 ORDER denying 18 Motion for Leave to Appeal in forma pauperis. Signed by Judge Jane Magnus-Stinson on 9/24/2012. Copy via US Mail to Plaintiff. (cc: USCA re: CA #12-2902.) (TMA)

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Defendant: JEFF D. BALLENGER
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Plaintiff: LEONARD THOMAS
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