Legal Opinion
Donald Koithahn v. Pettus, Troy Hershberger, Butler
District Court, N.D. Indiana
Decided May 14, 2026No. 1:26-cv-00124Unknown
1Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF INDIANA FORT WAYNE DIVISION DONALD KOITHAHN, Plaintiff, v. CAUSE NO. 1:26-CV-124-JD-APR PETTUS, TROY HERSHBERGER, BUTLER, Defendants. OPINION AND ORDER Donald Koithahn, a prisoner without a lawyer, filed a complaint alleging Officer Pettus was not monitoring his cell block at the Allen County Jail when his oxygen machine malfunctioned. ECF 1. “A document filed pro se is to be liberally construed, and a pro se complaint, however inartfully pleaded, must be held to less stringent standards than formal pleadings drafted by lawyers.” Erickson v.…
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