HAMMONDS v. ISSACS

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF INDIANA INDIANAPOLIS DIVISION NATHAN HAMMONDS, ) ) Plaintiff, ) ) v. ) No. 1:21-cv-00641-TWP-DML ) M. ISSACS, et al. ) ) Defendants. ) ORDER SCREENING AND DISMISSING COMPLAINT AND PROVIDING OPPORTUNITY TO AMEND Plaintiff Nathan Hammonds, an Indiana Department of Correction (IDOC) inmate at New Castle Correctional Facility (New Castle), filed his complaint pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Dkt. 1. Because the plaintiff is a "prisoner" as defined by 28 U.S.C. § 1915A(c), this Court has an obligation under 28 U.S.C. § 1915A(a) to screen his complaint…