Calvin Burke v. St. Louis City Jails

In December 2014, inmate Calvin Burke moved for leave to proceed in forma pau-peris (IFP) in his pro se 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action against St. Louis City' Jails and numerous employees. In his original complaint, Burke alleged that a defendant correctional officer had threatened him with violence and sexual assault by other inmates and that other defendants had failed to protect him or respond to his complaints. He was forced into segregation, he contends, in order to remain safe. In an amended complaint, he additionally alleged that his segregation cell was unsanitary; he was receiving…