FUNCHES v. PATTERSON

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF INDIANA EVANSVILLE DIVISION ELTON FUNCHES, JR., ) ) Plaintiff, ) ) v. ) No. 3:20-cv-00066-JPH-MPB ) JOSHUA PATTERSON, ) WILLIAM SIMPSON, ) EVANSVILLE POLICE DEPARTMENT, ) VANDERBURGH COUNTY SHERIFF ) DEPARTMENT, ) ) Defendants. ) ORDER SCREENING COMPLAINT I. Screening Standard Because Plaintiff Elton Funches is a "prisoner" as defined by 28 U.S.C. § 1915A(c), the Court must screen his complaint under 28 U.S.C. § 1915A(b). Under this statute, the Court must dismiss a complaint or any claim within a complaint which "(1) is frivolous, malicious,…