Martinez v. Neal

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF INDIANA SOUTH BEND DIVISION JAIRO A. MARTINEZ, Plaintiff, v. CAUSE NO. 3:21-CV-796-DRL-MGG RON NEAL and CARL TIBBLES, Defendants. OPINION AND ORDER Jairo A. Martinez, a prisoner without a lawyer, filed a complaint, couched in legal terminology and purporting to assert a claim under diversity jurisdiction. ECF 1. However, at heart, he is challenging a prison disciplinary hearing at which he lost 180 days of good time credit. This he cannot do in a lawsuit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, nor can he assert any state law claims based on the hearing. “A…